to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
function; facility; faculty; feature
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
difficult to ...; hard to ...
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
expression; presentation; representation; notation
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
youthful; young; young-looking
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
rhyming game; play on words; pun
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
incident; affair; happening; event
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
to keep in mind; to memorize
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify