emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
error (in the operation of a machine, vehicle, etc.); operation mistake; operational error
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
front camera (smartphone, tablet, etc.)
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to look away; to avert one's eyes
in the same way as; just like
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
middle of the night; dead of night
rather; sooner; preferably
true character; true heart; true spirit
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside