exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
custom; habit; customary practice
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
to spread; to be propagated
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
full view; plain sight; completely visible
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place