slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to call in; to invite; to bring in
course; route; path; process; stages
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
to be born; to come into the world
literally; to the letter; literal
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part