character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
clear; distinct; evident; definite
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to change; to shift; to come and go
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to explain; to dispel doubts
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
level ground; horizon; field of view
to push away; to push aside; to shove
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled