sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
original idea; originality
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
tradition; legend; folklore
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
meditation; contemplation
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
memory; ability to remember
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
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
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish