star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
street at night; making a night journey
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
bento; Japanese box lunch
had better ...; had better not ...
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to soak into; to permeate
to need; to call for; to require
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to change completely; to change suddenly
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short