madness; craziness; insanity
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to jar; to creak; to grate
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
stairs; stairway; staircase
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
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)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)