demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
blank period; window period; interregnum
all night; throughout the night
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to run down (stairs, etc.)
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
hot spring area; hot spring district
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
current administration; present government