brown; light brown; tawny
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
deep inside; innermost place
verbal promise; one's word
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
person being waited for; person who waits
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
omniscient point of view (in narration)
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
narrator; storyteller; reciter
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient