optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
it is not (like that) either
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
though; notwithstanding; although
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
one day; (on) a certain day
after a long time; for the first time in a while
attendance; presence; appearance
document; official papers
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
junior high school student; middle school pupil
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face