to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
those (near the second person)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
material; substance; matter
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
depravity; corruption; degradation
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to shut in; to confine; to contain
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)