intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
about; concerning; related to; -ish
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to dye; to colour; to color
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
fundraising; financing; cash flow
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
terraced fields; terraced farm
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to include in a poem (season word, place name, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
old poem (esp. waka); old song
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)