to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to sell off; to sell completely
platform; home; home base; home plate
to crouch; to squat; to cower
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
still; even now; to this day
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to turn completely into; to become completely
to call again; to call someone back
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
lying face down; upside down; prone
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to say; to be called; to do
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
perfectly round; perfectly circular
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
very young; little; childish; immature
to stop raining or snowing
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else