to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
sweat caused by fear, stress, etc.
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
strike (i.e. industrial action)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
natural voice (without a microphone)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself