to get slightly dirty (all over)
gypsum board; drywall; plasterboard
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
ago; since; before; previous
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
weight; heavyweight boxer
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)