joint; seam; joining point
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
finely chiseled (features)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
God; god; ace; king; superior person
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
spirit world; underworld; the next world
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)