style of tie-dyeing used during the Nara era
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
unnatural death; violent death
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
above-mentioned; above-named; above
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
to happen to hear; to overhear
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
good feeling; feeling good
to head home; to leave for home
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
being too late; losing one's final chance
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark)
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
sunlight; rays of the Sun
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere