settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
depravity; corruption; degradation
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
lightning strike; lightning bolt
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
an issue being settled; a case being closed
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
successful bid; winning a tender
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
village; hamlet; settlement
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
dropout; quitter; deserter
failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
being settled; coming to a conclusion
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
falling rocks; fallen rocks
cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall
decline; fall; decay; withering
falling to one's death; death from a fall
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
shedding tears; lacrimation
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
nobleman's illegitimate child
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
failing mark; failing grade
completion (of a building)
rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
contract price; successful tender price
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
tender winner; successful bidder; contract awardee
waterpower; running water; falling overboard; draining (of a rice paddy before harvest)
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
failed student; student required to repeat a year
falling from bicycle, motorcycle, etc. while driving (esp. in a race)
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
many communities (villages); cluster of plants
feeling that something is missing; sense that something is incomplete
ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony
rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs
result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)
logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
debasement; corruption; degradation
scattering of the blossoms and falling of the leaves; (fig.) the impermanence of worldly things
desolate; dreary; lonesome
to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)
lack of registration (in the census register); being dropped from one's family registry; buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom
setting moon; moon setting in the West
being disappointed and disheartened
ruin; depravity; corruption
formal paragraph (in opposition to a logical paragraph); paragraph as defined by its formal elements (e.g. line break and initial indentation)
snowslide; small avalanche
minimum buyout price (bid); reserve price (auction)
moated settlement (Yayoi period)
unsuccessful candidate; defeated candidate; losing candidate
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
the Fall of Man; the Fall
to be struck by lightning
receiving (e.g. a letter); coming to hand; acknowledging receipt; bad move; missed move
cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure
historical graffiti; anonymous satirical graffiti; scrawl; scribble; graffiti
free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed
fallen ume blossoms; fallen ume fruit
success or failure (in examinations)
crash site (esp. aircraft)
coming up with an idea; idea
(being in) reduced circumstances; (having) fallen into poverty
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (lit.) (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
Buraku Liberation Movement
feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
omitted character; omitted letter
debasement; corruption; degradation
celebration for the completion of a project
reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)
burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
deciduous broad-leaved forest
forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
deciduous broad-leaved tree
horseshoe coming off; throwing a shoe
initial brush stroke in calligraphy
slump; sudden fall of market price
feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
continued fall (in market price)
Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure
tree that has dropped its leaves; bare tree
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)
acquisition at an auction
pilcrow; paragraph mark; paragraph sign
utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock
desquamation; skin peeling
marrying (of a monk); returning to secular life (of a monk)
demotion from ōzeki ranking
issue of social integration of burakumin; burakumin issue; buraku issue
campaign (by voters) to prevent the election of a candidate
bearish market; declining market
epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction
skin stretched on the sides of a biwa
light of the evening sun; setting sun
lakh; 100,000 (Indian numbering system)
flourishing and declining
falling weight; drop-weight (e.g. test, impact strength)
openhearted; unaffected; free and easy
inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection
tears streaming down one's cheeks; shedding copious tears
bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)
scene looking desolate and forlorn