failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
carving; engraving; chiselled features
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
turn; turn (melodic ornament); turn (in a game)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
ruining a country; ruined country
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)