instability; insecurity; crankiness
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in this way; thus; such; uh...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
difficult to ...; hard to ...
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
and yet; though; when; in spite of
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)