running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
bronze statue; bronze sculpture
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
large ginkgo tree; ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
as everyone knows; needless to point out
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
most difficult; next to impossible
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
incredible song; great song
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
finger; hands and fingers; hands
attendance; attending to someone; taking care of someone
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
smelting furnace; blast furnace
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
retainer; attendant; escort
extensive knowledge; erudition
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
unseasonable; out of season
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
true seal (animal); earless seal
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking