to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
door; gate; opening; title page
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
silence; stillness; quietness
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to break off; to knock off; to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
the present year; at that time
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
scenery; scene; landscape
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
river; stream; River; the ... river
lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis); camelback cricket; (arch.) all the more; (arch.) increasingly; (arch.) on top of; (arch.) despite
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight