to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
succession; continuation; series; sequence
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to write down; to record; to register
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)