to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
eternal; unlimited; endless
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to crouch; to squat; to cower
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah; loofa; something useless
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
loveable; very likeable; like very much
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
ago; since; before; previous
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
and yet; though; when; in spite of
pretension; assumption (of a title)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
nausea; sickness in the stomach
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to rise; to erect; to get up
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons