doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
subsiding; falling (cave) in; collapse
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
surroundings; environs; circumference
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
principal; main; important; fashionable
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
shop; small store; business; firm
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
at long distance; in long intervals
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
here and there; in places