to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
strong interaction; strong force
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to speak; to say; to vocalize
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
rather than; more ... than ...
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
forgetting; lapse of memory
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar