to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
light; faint; pale; fleeting
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
command; lead; generalship; leadership
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
ancestor; forefather; foremother
is never the case; has never happened
to show unwillingness (to do); to be reluctant (to do); to look annoyed; to show signs of finding something bothersome
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
number of times; frequency; count
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
one day; (on) a certain day
to die; to lay down life's burden
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
long (time); protracted; prolonged
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
active; dynamic; energetic
to be nearing death; to be dying