dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
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
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
valuable article; valuables
to accept; to receive; to agree
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
(made of) stone; stone-built
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
pale; pallid; bluish-white
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight