contradiction; inconsistency
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
insecticide; insect repellent
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
influence; effect; impact
change; transition; vicissitudes
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to lose sight of; to miss
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
delay; putting off; procrastination
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
one-by-one; separately; in detail
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
desperation; struggle to the death
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure