piece of meat; cut of meat
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
in the end; on top of that
death from prostration; death from emaciation
personification; anthropomorphization
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
to mix; to blend; to combine
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
fiction; fabrication; concoction
what date?; what's the date?; when?
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
pure literature; belles-lettres
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
to be intimate with; to befriend
treasure chest; strongbox
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
influence (on someone); inspiration
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
depression; low spirits; dejection
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
directly opposite; right in front
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
speech; expression; wording; language
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?