cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
an inch ahead; the immediate future
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
too much; excessively; too
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
desperately; for one's dear life
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
way (of doing); manner; method; means
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
objection; dissent; protest
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to happen to have on hand or in stock
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather