dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
cherry blossom (colour, color)
to dye; to colour; to color
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to go along; to walk along; to follow
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
voluminous (hair, clothing, etc.); hearty (meal); filling; bulky; full
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to gain weight; to put on weight
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching