illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to become muddy; to become slushy
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
scenery; scene; landscape
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
exit; way out; outlet; vent
interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
but; however; even though; even if
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
tongue; tongue (of a shoe); seal flap (of an envelope)
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth