main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
speaking voice; talking voice
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
again; once more; a second time
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
undisputed; entirely; perfect
two things that are superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
synesthesia (synaesthesia)