cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to entrust; to leave to a person
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
without thinking of the consequences
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
settlement; permanent residency
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
this and that; one thing or another
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death