face contorted and about to cry
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
finishing blow; coup de grâce
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
on the occasion of; at the time of
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
all over; all over the place; everywhere
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
war; fighting; fierce competition
general idea; concept; notion
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)