among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
reading aloud; recitation
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to finish reading; to read through
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
everywhere; all over; throughout
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to drop; to let fall; to omit
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
inside; interior; inner part
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
interior; inside; internal
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical