ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
here and there; in places
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
this and that; one thing or another
in succession; one by one
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to stare back at; to look back at
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
even though; despite; when
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
speaking voice; talking voice
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
practice; practising; experience
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
hospitalization; hospitalisation
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
recuperation; medical treatment
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise