clanging; empty; deserted
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
troublesome; annoying; complicated
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
item; article; dish; course; finest item
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
to spend time (on doing something)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
recovery; rescue; recapture
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
can't help; won't make much difference
publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
wrestler (esp. a professional wrestler)
lower heavens (esp. the heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings, the lowest of the six heavens of the desire realm); heaven of enjoying emanations
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
water and the Moon; the Moon reflected on the water; solar plexus (as a pressure point in martial arts)