busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to say no more; to sink into silence
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
January; first month of the lunar calendar
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
sun; saint; San (people); son
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name