becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
body; physical system; (the) person
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
war; fighting; fierce competition
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
regrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
from here; from this place
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
war; battle; match; game; competition
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
on and after; from ... onward; since
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
head; brains; intellect; understanding
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not