poor physical health; bad shape
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
possession; retention; maintenance
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
suddenly; all of a sudden
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to stay (at); to stop (at)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
near; nearby; not far off
within; inside of; less than
action of making something; -ification
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
war; battle; match; game; competition