darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
scene; spectacle; sight; view
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
disposition; temperament; turn of mind; atmosphere; feeling
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
nervousness; oversensitivity
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
open air; outdoors; outside
un-; non-; negative prefix
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
heroine; female protagonist
phantom; vision; illusion
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
parched or roasted beans (or soybeans)
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble