close to the wall; alongside the wall
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
pigment; paint; colour; color
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
comparatively; relatively
space (room, area, outer space)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
discovery; detection; finding
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to rush over; to run up to
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)