to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
behind; in the rear; in back
to make an appearance; to show up
to smash down; to beat in
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
corridor; hallway; passageway
loveable; very likeable; like very much
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to join together; to combine; to join up
to flare up; to burst into flames
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
sudden change; complete change
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
moving tale; impressive tale
to spread; to be propagated
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
specialization; specialisation
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)