black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
absentmindedness; peace of mind
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
reality; actuality; hard fact
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to accept; to receive; to agree
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
surroundings; environs; circumference
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
gleaming; shining; glistening
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to be worried; to be troubled
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on