dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to pause; to have a short intermission
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
another time; some other time
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
silence; stillness; quietness
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
opposite side; opposition
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)