dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
healthy; sound; wholesome
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
opposite side; opposition
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
image; figure; figure; form; image
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
sense of values; values; value system
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Japanese person; Japanese people
natural (physical) environment
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
human rights; civil liberties
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
license; permit; licence; certificate