mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
Araneus ventricosus (species of orb-weaving spider)
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
jealousy; roasted rice cake
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to be expensive; to be costly
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
elder sister; older female friend
scoundrel; rascal; villain
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together