ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
myself; yourself; I; me; you
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
that day; the very same day
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
kitchen; financial situation
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
wicker(work) (cane, rattan) chair
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
knitting; knitted material; crochet
way; method; means; (technical) specification
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)