very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to feel; to sense; to experience
place; room; margin; scope
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
preference; priority; precedence
light-emitting diode; LED
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
long ago; already; a long time ago
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
lined curtain; opaque curtain
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
finding employment; getting a job
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
older brother; elder brother
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling