to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to be annoying; to be troublesome
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
submersion; inundation; being flooded
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
charred; burnt black; scorched black
to become inverted; to become reversed
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
to become settled; to be fixed
white background; blank; female virgin
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
how many years; how long; what year
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time