cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
(opening of a) wound; cut
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
rather than; more ... than ...
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
a few years ago; some years back
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
half-human and half-beast
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
honorific title; honorific term of address
remarkable; striking; obvious
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to get hungry; to become hungry
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time