gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
striking; remarkable; considerable
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
confidence; trust; faith; credit
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
solitude; loneliness; isolation
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)