light; faint; pale; fleeting
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
choker (type of necklace)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
ring; band; ring; circum-
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
eastern part; the east (of a region)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
defense; defence; protection
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
one by one; one after another; successively
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
light spot (e.g. a blip on radar); luminous dot; always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD displays); stuck pixel
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives