secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
survival; survivor; relic
to settle (in a place); to settle down
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
raw materials; ingredients
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
person who avoids others; social outcast
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
end of life; death; annihilation
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing