to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
advance; moving forward; progress
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
body; body blow (in boxing)
human; human-like; as a person
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
significant; meaningful; intentional; volitional
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
at once; immediately; right now
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
one meal; one meal (a day)
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
wet; moist; soft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor