to fall off; to tumble down
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
(one's) older brother; foolish older brother
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
indecent language; dirty talk
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
used article (esp. clothes)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
between times; when there's a spare moment
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
fate; destiny; predestination
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition