(idiomatic) a mere shadow of, a pathetic sight

(the one) before, formerly, ago / the former, the previous

to change; to become different; to turn into; to become (something else)

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city

oneself / first-person pronoun: I, me (often shows the speaker's lower position in a hierarchy than the addressee) / (Kansai) you