gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
somehow; for some reason or other
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
selection; choice; option
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
on the occasion of; at the time of
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to feel a chill run down one's spine
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
now that; since; so long as; because
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
going to and fro; back and forth
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to walk away; to saunter off
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
in the morning; during the morning
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
menial; meanness; servility; abject
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to distract one's attention