darkish; dusky; dark; murky
end of life; death; breathing one's last
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
body; physique; build; stature
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
all things in nature; the whole creation
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
fireball; bolide; fireball
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; blankly; vacantly
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
two equal parts; exactly two parts
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary