timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
scenery; scene; landscape
ten; 10; ten years of age
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
sea level; (surface of) sea
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
slope; slanting surface; bevel
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless