slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
have to do; must; should; ought to
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
light and darkness; light and shade
essence; true nature; substance; reality
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
convenient; handy; useful
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
inside one's heart; in one's mind
lifting (a child) high up in the air
sublime; noble; high-minded
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi