dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
dragonfly naiad; dragonfly nymph
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
antisubmarine patrol plane
dull sound; muffled sound
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to fly around; to scatter
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill