electricity; (electric) light
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
such ... as; or some such
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to feel; to sense; to experience
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance