amount of light; quantity of light
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
pessimism; disappointment
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
every evening; night after night
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
troubled face; worried expression
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
nightlife districts; drinking districts
to die out; to become extinct
to look away; to avert one's eyes
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
odorless; odourless; unscented
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
matter of time; question of time
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism