passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
to make an appearance; to show up
encouragement; cheering (someone) up; restoring (someone) to consciousness; bringing (someone) around; restorative; stimulant
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
black lustre; black luster
southern part; the south (of a region)
first (of its kind) in Japan
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
prohibition; inhibition; ban
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
inscrutable; incomprehensible
stirring; rousing oneself
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition