pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to be dead; to be lifeless
vacant house; unoccupied house
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
tool; implement; means; furniture
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
moisture; humidity; dampness
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
environment; surroundings; circumstances
magazine; journal; periodical
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to ascend; to go up; to climb
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
house; dwelling; human habitation
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn