decrease; reduction; decline
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
willpower; energy; vitality
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
advocate; proponent; supporter
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
concession; conciliation; compromise
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
to add (e.g. a postscript)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
article to be delivered; present
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to complete decisively; to do to completion
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
to keep watch; to stand guard
irritation; annoyance; frustration
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck