spotlight; close observation
extinction; annihilation; destruction
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
(walking) stick; cane; wand
evil spirit; demon; devil
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
brawny; muscular; impressive; gigantic
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
trial; judgement; judgment
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
indispensable; essential; necessary
will not do; do not; does not
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
throbbing (pain); pounding; stinging
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to satisfy the requirements
to become hoarse; to become husky
overripeness; full maturity; full development
to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange
asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)
near-death; close to death
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)