no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to blow through; to blow across
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
to comb down; to smooth down
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
from outside; from the side
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
same; similar; (just) like; equal