noun:

• hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dry up; to shrivel

noun:

• dying of the little twigs and branches

noun:

• sticker for car drivers 70 years or older

noun:

• high grade katsuobushi (with mold)

expression / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to be emaciated; to become gaunt; to waste away

noun:

• withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

noun:

• serious abrasion; wearing out (of clothes)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to wither; to begin to dry out

expression:

• even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

noun:

• karesansui, traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden - obscure term

noun:

• younger woman (usu. 20-30 years old) who is physically attracted to mature older men (usu. 50-60 years old) - from 枯れたおじいさん専門

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb ➜ 一将功成りて万骨枯る

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• defoliant

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become hoarse

godan ~す verb:

• to destroy; to kill off (trees)

noun:

• ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dry up completely; to become stale

ichidan verb:

• to die at the top

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves

noun:

• creeping plant withered in the winter cold - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• completely drying up

noun:

• dried up waterfall; dry waterfall - esp. 涸滝
• simulated waterfall in a dry garden - esp. 枯滝