generation; the world; the age
deviation; departure; omission
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material); piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc.
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
self-mutilation; self-injury
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to watch over; to watch attentively
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
indulgence (e.g. in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
defense; defence; protection
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to slide into; to slip into
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
review; reconsideration; revision
nonchalantly; without a care
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker