shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
Island; insula; island; islet
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
just past noon; afternoon
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
gray or silver haired (grey)
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
much the same; nearly equal
to crack; to develop a crack
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
determination; resolution
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
head house (family); birthplace; originator
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...