to rain incessantly; to downpour
to become clear; to be made public
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
purification rite (esp. one held prior to a Shinto event)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
secret; private; surreptitious
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
February; second month of the lunar calendar
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
preference; priority; precedence
calamity; disaster; accident
sympathy; compassion; pity
place; room; margin; scope
environment; circumstance
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation