dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to dry up completely; to become stale
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to be slippery; to be slimy; to behave charmingly; to walk merrily
to run about trying to escape
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to check; to stop; to keep back
and then; and so; and; so then
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
escape hatch; escape door
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
patterns of thinking; train of thought
failure; mistake; blunder
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to be helpful; to be useful
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to dye; to colour; to color
desperately; for one's dear life