investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
perception; sensation; awareness
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
steamship; steamboat; steamer
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
world of suffering; life of prostitution
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
comfort; consolation; diversion
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
munitions; military stores
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for