downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
(carved) statue; sculpture
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
virtually zero (e.g. interest rate); effectively zero; net zero (carbon emissions)
becoming active; increase in activity
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
speculation; thinking; meditation
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
passing through without stopping; passing by
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
underground (film, theater, etc.); unconventional; alternative; underground (economy, press, etc.); unofficial; illegal
(very) happy; euphoric; buoyant; walking on air
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting