to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to prostrate oneself before
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
scene; spectacle; sight; view
relatively; comparatively
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
calamity; misfortune; disaster
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
gossip; corner of the mouth
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled