portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
building (esp. a house); house fixture; fitting; facial features
moulded objects; sculpted objects; modeled objects; formed objects
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in