dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
half a ri (distance measure)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
damp; moist (negative nuance)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
such ... as; or some such
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
show tent; circus tent; freak show
theatre; theater; playhouse
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous