tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
rather than; more ... than ...
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
all; entire; whole; altogether
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot