antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece
traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
stone placed on railway track (by children); decorative garden stone; handicap stone (in go)
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley
to say; to be pleased to say
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
addict; junkie; substance abuser
cripple; disabled person; invalid
surface of the water; face of the water
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to wander; to roam from place to place
to hide; to conceal oneself
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
keenly felt; heart-wrenching; heart-rending
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
criticism; commentary; review
prefatory song or poem; opening song
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)