dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
energy drink; nutritional supplement drink; vitamin drink
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
by myself; in person; by oneself
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to run up to; to rush over
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to be able to manage somehow or other
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
signs of rain; threat of rain
like this; this sort; this way
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
tool; implement; means; furniture
fan-tan (game); sevens; parliament
to mix; to stir; to blend
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
proposal; proposition; suggestion
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible