electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
invisibly; secretly; privately
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
housing district; residential district
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
that is to say; so that means
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
little finger; pinky; little toe
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
roller coaster; big dipper
people; men and women; each person; everybody
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player