companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
large build; large pattern
woman; female; feminine gender
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
soldier; combatant; warrior
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
split; division; break up
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
rational; reasonable; logical