aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to force one's way; to push through
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
temporary truce; ceasefire
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to come back; to return; to recur
spring is in full swing; height of spring (esp. in April); peak of spring
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to become decrepit and ugly with age
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to put on (clothing, esp. new)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
conifer forest; coniferous forest; needle-leaved forest