high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to go with the flow; to go with the times
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
plug; connector; spark plug
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
acceleration; speeding up
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
one's family; family member
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to be kind to; to treat kindly
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive