empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
metallic lustre; metallic luster
skeleton (of a building); frame; framework
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
without; unless; have to do
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to bend; to warp; to curve
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
release; emission; ejection
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
parts; accessories; components
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
combination; union; binding; bond
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
throwaway; disposable; single-use
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
ignorance; innocence; stupidity