how much; how many; what amount; what extent
exaltation; emotional uplift
ringing; throbbing violently
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
rendezvous (with a romantic partner); date; rendezvous (of two spacecraft)
clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
pearly white; pearl color; pearl grey
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
business hours; opening hours; office hours
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
great speed; recklessly fast speed
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)
to beckon (to); to invite; to give orders
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
to work without sleep or rest