moat; fosse; canal; ditch
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to look around; to survey
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
laugh line; smile line; nasolabial fold
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
rosary; string of prayer beads