to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to join together; to combine; to join up
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
quiet; still; surreptitious
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to cease; to stop; to be over