dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
one revolution; one rotation
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
splinters of glass; glass shards
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to drop; to let fall; to omit
every person; each one; everybody
important person; strategic person; key figure
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
commencing with; including
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
array; muster; line-up; full force
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay