parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to call a person's attention (to)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to become settled; to be fixed
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
extensive; spacious; vague; hazy
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
speculation; thinking; meditation
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
rain cover; tarpaulin; covering against rain; taking shelter from rain