shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
confections; sweets; candy; cake
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
right beside; close to; nearby
to tighten; to press hard
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(staying) up late at night
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
leopard (Panthera pardus)
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
news; word; tidings; omen
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
absence; disregard; indifference
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
final; eventual; ultimate
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
last days; the end; one's fate
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to subsist; to keep on living
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
command; lead; generalship; leadership