to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
rare; extraordinary; singular
mystery; strange event; mysterious affair
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
triple feature (e.g. movie)
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
polite; respectful; reverent
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
un-; non-; negative prefix
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment