cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to look upwards; to look up
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
wandering; rambling; roaming
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to shut in; to confine; to contain
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
practice; practising; experience
to invite in; to show someone in
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith