dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to stiffen; to become stiff
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to look away; to turn away
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
approximate age; age range
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
previous generation; former ages
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
considerably; greatly; a lot
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
abrupt; sudden; unexpected