to die out; to become extinct
blood vessel; blood relationship
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
(not) a single person; (no) one
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
ornamental writing (esp. initial letters); decorative lettering; fancy script
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to send or direct a person to
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
each house; every house; many houses
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to get out of bed; to show a leg