to sentence; to assign a penalty
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
innocent; not guilty; harmless
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
diligent; absorbed (in something)
small (token of one's gratitude, etc.); little (something by way of thanks); mere (trifle)
non-fruit-bearing flower; sterile flower; something that is flashy with no content
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to ask a question; to ask questions
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
piling up; multiple layers
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to become a thing of the past
independence; self-reliance
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
all one's strength; desperate effort; (lit.) strength one has when ready to die
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; to forget to write; to leave out
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
common gull (Larus canus); gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)