(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
cheerful (look); healthy (complexion)
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
so; like this; in this way
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
indisposition (e.g. a cold) caused by getting chilled while sleeping
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to step over or across; to overcome
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
golden ratio (approx. 1.6180339887)
to reflect; to throw back light
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country