light and darkness; light and shade
contrast; antithesis; comparison
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica); gipsy rose; scabiosa
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
and then; and so; and; so then
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
clear; distinct; evident; definite
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to show; to bare (the teeth)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
mountain range; mountain belt
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
conifer; needle-leaved tree
kimono with design on the skirt
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum