to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
to be badly made; to fail
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to repeat; to do over again
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
guess; conjecture; surmise
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
homecoming; returning home
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
legend; folklore; tradition
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable