surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
(insectile, especially moth) scales
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
mist over a body of water; spray; suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to show up; to appear; to turn up
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to have a talk; to tell a story
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...