dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to be muddy; to be slushy
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
in the mountains; among the mountains
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
guidance; leadership; leading the way
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to make an appeal; to urge
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to shout (in anger); to yell
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
drop (e.g. of water); drip
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that