poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
in succession; one by one
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
main street; avenue; boulevard
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure
outward; superficial; external; apparent
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)