staff member; employee; worker; personnel
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to claim victims; to leave casualties
crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
when it becomes; when it comes to
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale
state of mind; mentality; psychology
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
nape (of the neck); nucha
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
feel (of a material); texture
(wearing) low over one's eyes
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person