self-education; self-instruction; self-study
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
tool; implement; means; furniture
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to die; to lay down life's burden
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
composite; combined; complex
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
while alive; during one's lifetime