light; faint; pale; fleeting
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
inside one's heart; in one's mind
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
don't you think?; indicates question
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
homecoming; returning home
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
something; some kind of; for some reason
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
in deep black; in jet black
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come