helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
guardhouse; detention barracks
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
innocence; being not guilty
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to come and go; to go back and forth
passing through without stopping; passing by
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to finish printing; to print off
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)