above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
book; volume; this; present; main; head
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
street stall; stand; booth
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
right under; directly below
stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
while; during; while; although; all; both
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)