number one; first; best; most; game; round
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
all present; all concerned; all of us
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
forcibly; by force; against one's will
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go
if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to fall flat; to fall face down
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly
to breathe while sleeping
to become dim; to become blurred
to shake one's head (in denial)