to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
woman; female; feminine gender
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
otherwise; if not; or else
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
cannot be helped; unavoidable
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
place; position; location; position; standing; status
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
minimum; at the very least
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to await; to wait for; to expect
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
near oneself; close to one; familiar
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit