downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
third stage; three stages
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
standing tree; standing timber
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to make a speech; to address
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to fold up; to fold into layers
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
to go downhill; to go down a slope
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
talking while standing; standing around talking
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to lose sight of; to miss
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
near; close by; within reach; familiar
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver