freely; frankly; without reserve
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
particularly; only; in the case of
sense of loss; feeling of loss
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
it seems so; that's what it looks like
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
good news; happy news; glad tidings
towering; astonishingly high
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to come to mind; to pop into one's head