- The common people 「hope against hope [pin their hopes on the faint possibility] that they might win in a lottery.
- それははかない夢だった
- It was only an empty dream.
### <ruby>繙<rt>ひもと</rt></ruby>く
紐解く. To unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth) (a in book)
- 歴史書をひもとく
- open the history books
### <ruby>蝕<rt>むしば</rt></ruby>む
虫食む
- 〔少しずつ悪くする〕undermine;〔影響を与える〕affect
- 彼の健康は過労によってむしばまれた
- His health was undermined by overwork.
- そのうわさは彼の名声をむしばんだ
- The rumor adversely affected his reputation.
- 両親の離婚が娘の心をむしばんだ
- Her parents' divorce ate at her heart.
### <ruby>鏃<rt>やじり</rt></ruby>
矢尻. 【矢尻・×鏃】An arrowhead.
- 矢のやじり
- tip of the arrow
Not to be confused with <ruby>野次<rt>やじ</rt></ruby>る.
- 弁士を野次った
- They heckled [jeered and hooted at] the speaker./They booed and hissed the speaker (down).
- 役者は野次り倒されて[飛ばされて]舞台を下りた
- The actor was hissed [hooted] off the stage.
### <ruby>象<rt>かたど</rt></ruby>る
Origin: 形取る
- それは鳥をかたどっている
- It is (made) in the shape of a bird.
- この庭は京都のある寺の庭をかたどってつくられたものだ
- This garden is modeled on that of a temple in Kyoto.
## Interesting origins
### <ruby>頷<rt>うなず</rt></ruby>く
Origin: 項突く. 項 also has readings of うな in addition to うなじ.
- <ruby>項垂<rt>うなだ</rt></ruby>れる
- 彼は悲しげにうなだれてそこに立っていた
- He stood there, his head drooping sadly.
- 厳然とした事実の前に彼は深くうなだれた
- He hung [bowed] his head before the solemn fact.
- 彼女は恥じ入ってうなだれていた
- She hung her head in shame.
### <ruby>狼<rt>おおかみ</rt></ruby>
Origin: 大神. Still used in names, but readings vary, including <ruby>大神<rt>おおかみ</rt></ruby>の祭, <ruby>大神<rt>おおみわ</rt></ruby>神社, <ruby>大神<rt>だいじん</rt></ruby><ruby>宮<rt>ぐう</rt></ruby>, <ruby>大神<rt>おおが</rt></ruby><ruby>拓哉<rt>たくや</rt></ruby>, <ruby>大神<rt>おおがみ</rt></ruby>いずみ.
### <ruby>幼<rt>おさな</rt></ruby>い
Origin: <ruby>長<rt>おさ</rt></ruby>無い. [<ruby>長<rt>おさ</rt></ruby>](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%95/#jn-30716) according to Jisho is a dated term. Additionally, there is [<ruby>長亀<rt>オサガメ</rt></ruby>](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A1).
## Less interesting ones
### <ruby>塊<rt>かたまり</rt></ruby>
@ -167,6 +394,26 @@ Stone monument (石文)
枝折り
### <ruby>掌<rt>てのひら</rt></ruby>
手の平
### <ruby>腥<rt>なまぐさ</rt></ruby>い
生臭い
### <ruby>酷<rt>ひど</rt></ruby>い
非道い. Uses the Kanji for 残酷.
### <ruby>瞼<rt>まぶた</rt></ruby>
目蓋. <ruby>蓋<rt>ふた</rt></ruby> means lid.
### <ruby>曙<rt>あけぼの</rt></ruby>
Origin: 明仄. See <ruby>仄<rt>ほの</rt></ruby>か.
## No real examples in [progressive dictionary](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en)
### <ruby>厩<rt>うまや</rt></ruby>
@ -182,3 +429,7 @@ Stone monument (石文)
### <ruby>礫<rt>こいし</rt></ruby>
小石. Probably more common to be <ruby>礫<rt>つぶて</rt></ruby>.