useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
and then; and so; and; so then
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
imagination; supposition; guess
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do