dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
craving; longing; thirsting
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
taste; palate; sense of taste
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
final; eventual; ultimate
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
looking on (somebody) as hostile
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
longing for others; wanting company
isolation; being alone; being friendless
link; directory entry; rink
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
this world; this life; world of the living
meeting; greeting; welcome
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...