to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
even more; still more; further
to be born; to come into the world
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
function; facility; faculty; feature
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
product; produce; result; fruit
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
a long time ago; in those days
atmospheric pressure; air pressure; atmosphere (unit of pressure)
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
way (of doing); manner; method
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
stirring; slight movement
consideration; taking into account