damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to trample flat; to beat a path
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
box made of thin wood or cardboard
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
since when; from when; how long
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
tinnitus; ringing in the ears