speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
very much; exceedingly; extremely
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
recollection; reminiscence
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
sign; indication; omen; symptom
somewhat below; slightly below
smoothly; easily; readily
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
mouth; speech; counter for people or implements
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
wide-open; frank; open; candid
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
mountain top; summit; peak
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
reduction by half; halving
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal