brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
opposite; reverse; contrary
terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
medicine taken internally
to be out of; to have no more at hand
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
twice; again; second time
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to rock; to shake; to swing
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
knot; nodule; tubercule; node
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to collapse into; to flop onto
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
voiced consonant in Japanese
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily