decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
not necessarily so; is not always true
sunlight; rays of the Sun
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
wind music; wind instrument music
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
dark clouds; black clouds
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
drawing ability; skill at art
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging