change; alteration; modification
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to be shrouded in mist; to be enveloped in fog
several minutes; a few minutes
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to hurry; to rush; to quicken (of one's breath); to pant; to gasp (for air)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
rain intensity; passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent