monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
colour; color; hue; tints
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
two days later; day after next; next day but one
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
high and low; rise and fall
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
billow; surge; large wave
in one's own way or style
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor