tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
street at night; making a night journey
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
that day; the very same day
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
such; like that; that sort of; very
unqualified; without qualifications
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to be infected; to be contagious
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)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
roadside tree; row of trees
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
near; close; beside; third person
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make