sympathy; empathy; response
early (days); initial stage; initial
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
Christmas Eve; holy night
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
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)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to behave well (of a child)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to dye; to colour; to color
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to sell at a loss; to sell cheaply; to sell off; to dispose (of)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
(within a) territory; domains
to entrust; to leave to a person
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)