weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
strong pressure; heavy pressure
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to lose one's way; to get lost
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
odds and ends; all; every
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
tendency; trend; inclination
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
people; men and women; each person; everybody
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life