dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
rather; sooner; preferably
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to become empty; to be emptied
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to make an appeal; to urge
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
indicate reason; infers some protest
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
interference; meddling; butting in
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)