funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
frequency (of appearance)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
plural; multiple; several
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
how; in what way; by what means