to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
curtain; hanging; bunting
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
like; similar to; same as
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to half-rise to one's feet
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
wherein; therein; thereinto
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
how long; how far; how much
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
an inch ahead; the immediate future
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time