outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
door; gate; opening; title page
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
stairs; stairway; staircase
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden