circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
(water-filled) paddy field
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
without cause; without reason
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
sentiment; sentimentality
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
castella (type of sponge cake)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
alternating; taking turns
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to have a talk; to tell a story
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later