tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to be smeared; to be covered
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
several years; a few years
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
event; phenomenon; matter
to move forward; to move on
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
above-ground floor; ground floor
how many years; how long; what year
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack