speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)