beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young
free (of charge); gratuitous
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
lower region; lower part; region below
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
Melun (France); Murang (India)
interior design; interior; upholstery
anatomical model of the human body
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
older brother; elder brother
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation