flute; fife; pipe; whistle
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
facing south; southern exposure
slope; slanting surface; bevel
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
air hole; windhole; ventilator
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
many; much; plenty; hardly
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
one by one; one after another; successively
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
innumerable; countless; numberless
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in