lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
to blow out; to spout out
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to make a speech; to address
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
several times (as large, over)
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to walk away; to walk off
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
anonymity; using an assumed name
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to blame; to find fault with
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
anything and everything; just about everything
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
rain intensity; passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)