to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
two (long cylindrical things)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to limp; to drag one's feet
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
closing (a place); closing down (e.g. a theatre)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor