to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
shades of evening; dead of night
to boost; to force up; to push up
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
being settled; coming to a conclusion
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
tall figure; high stature
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
in one's hands; in one's control
innumerable; countless; numberless
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once