sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
storage space above closet
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"