dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
at first; initially; in the beginning
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
place; room; margin; scope
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
suffix for familiar person
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
extract; excerpt; selection
one's own handwriting; autograph
memory; sense; experience
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
rule; reign; government; governing
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
thereupon; shortly thereafter
breeding; raising; rearing
(political) power; authority; influence
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)