from now; from this moment; henceforth
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening; signs (of); indications; stirrings
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
summertime; summer season
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
nothing but; except; no more than
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
colour; color; hue; tints
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)