what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to be sooty; to be stained
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way
to say; to be pleased to say
to lay the foundation (for)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to make an appearance; to show up
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
complete stranger; total stranger
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
right under; directly below
the ocean; the great deep
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
to express (in words); to confess
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)