what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
cheap article; poor-quality article
capacity; volume; capacitance
without leaving any trace
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
ash; embers; complete destruction
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
insignificant article (in a newspaper)
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (of the Sun)
to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
to get one's head around; to think about
in the end; at the end of the day
counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
and then; in addition to that; also; even so