medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
breath; breathing; tone; mood
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
I'll write again soon (closure for a letter, etc.); more anon; sincerely yours; yours truly
while; even though; despite
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
occasional; infrequent; rare
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
meaning; significance; sense
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
way; method; means; resource; course
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come