hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
silence; stillness; quietness
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
stillness; repose; standing still
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
with a start; with a jump
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to crouch; to squat; to cower
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
invisibly; secretly; privately