basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
right side; right-hand side
right beside; close to; nearby
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to have no chance (of succeeding)
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
for today; for the time being
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
innumerable; countless; numberless
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)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
street stall; stand; booth
evening; last night; yesterday evening
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to fold up; to fold into layers