permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
body of a person who died an abnormal death; unnatural death corpse; body dead from unnatural causes
to be found; to be discovered
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
conference room; council room
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone); digital assistant
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity