outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to fight against; to oppose; to face
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
weather; fair weather; fine weather
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
novel; story; (work of) fiction
solitary island; isolated island
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
word game; wordplay; playing with words
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking