to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
don't you think?; indicates question
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to repeat; to do over again
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
in the meanwhile; during the time
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
conviction; belief; confidence
too (much); overly; excessively
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development