top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
traditional; conventional
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
while; during (the time when)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
falling rocks; fallen rocks
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to stare back (at); to glare back
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
talk; recital; narration; topic
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)