to become muddy; to become slushy
way one walks; one's walk
shades of evening; dead of night
snake; serpent; large snake
moisture; humidity; dampness
unexpected meeting; coincidence
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
-less; lacking; non-existing
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
governments of various countries
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
great cause; moral law; justice
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
simple honesty; tactless frankness
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
especially; particularly; above all
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land