as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
nothing but; none other than
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
long; drawn-out; very long
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
approximate age; age range
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
light; faint; pale; fleeting
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money