down to earth; reasonable
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
oldest; most advanced age
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
set of three; three sets; three classes
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
turning sideways; landscape orientation
taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
rot; decay; corrosion; etching; saprophagy
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to estrange (two friends); to come between (two people); to drive a wedge
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
to smash; to break into pieces
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
padded, sleeveless undergarment; vest
increase and decrease; fluctuation
to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
treatment; service; handling; management
full of openings; half empty; (cutting) sharply; cleanly; (arch.) (progressing) smoothly
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)