(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
to observe carefully; to make sure
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
immediately; instantly; right away; suddenly; abruptly; all of a sudden
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
mother; mom; wife; proprietress (of a shop); female shopkeeper; middle-aged woman
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to become better; to improve
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
exactly; just; punctually; exactly on time; clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
under one's arm; (in) the armpit