at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
end; tip; extremities; terminal
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
legendary beast; magical beast
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to be worried; to be troubled
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to watch over; to watch attentively
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
without oxygen; anaerobic; anoxia; hypoxia
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
succeeding; following; trailing; next
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
master; teacher; stable master
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)