ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
spread; span; expanse; extent
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to rain incessantly; to downpour
after the end (of something); post-
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to be embarrassed; to lose face
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to repeat; to do something over again
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
each place; various places