cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
nothing but; except; no more than
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large side; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
when looked at in that way
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study