intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
alone; by oneself; on one's own
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
one way or the other; either way
gradually; slowly but steadily
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
second (unit of time); arc second
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
(a place) out of one's reach
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to cease; to stop; to be over
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
flour; meal; powder; dust
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
love for (one's) family; family love; familial love
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
living by oneself; living alone
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
every person; every mouth; every entrance
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to work hard; to work diligently