phantom; vision; illusion
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
older sister; elder sister
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to rise; to erect; to get up
department store; department
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
quarrel; dispute; argument
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to raise one's voice; to shout
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions