wood construction; woodworking; (arch.) gardener
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to become dim; to become blurred
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
soon; shortly; before long
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
boiled and half-dried bonito
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
god (esp. the Christian God)
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
something; some kind of; for some reason
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...