dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
karma (from one's previous life)
transfer; transport; removal
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
beloved child; dear child
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
depravity; corruption; degradation
to hold fast; to protect to the end
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to not believe one's ears
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
be (that) as it may; having said that
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
silent; silent movie; silent film; silent letter
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
small amount of rainfall; (a) light rainfall
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
main question; real issue at hand
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence