to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
surroundings; environs; circumference
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to stiffen; to become stiff
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
than; from; out of; except; but; more
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
speaking voice; talking voice
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
choices; alternatives; options
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
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)