faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
veil of darkness; curtain of night
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
enemy territory; hostile place
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
visibility; noticeability; perceptibility
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
special; particular; peculiar; unique
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
group; bunch; crowd; group