aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
coordination; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
shopping; purchased goods
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
sea of blood; pool of blood
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
events of the day; current affairs
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
arrest; apprehension; capture
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
several years; a few years
person (esp. social outcast) who has nothing left to lose; (lit.) invincible person
real number; actual number (as opposed to a speculative number); true number
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
decrease; reduction; decline
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
mass communication; mass media
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
fate; destiny; predestination