ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
three sides; small offering stand
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
hokora; small wayside shrine
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare; hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); east; second month in the lunar calendar
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
France; French (language)
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
in deep black; in jet black
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
outskirts (of a town); run-down district