last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
regular square mesh pattern; square lattice; grid
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
cracks or fissures in the ground
allotment (of land); parcelling out
(about) medium; middle; average
I've got to be going; I must go
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
wooden board on which utensils for a tea ceremony are displayed
no way!; no chance!; I don't want to do it!
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist