stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
just one person; only one
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
visual hallucination; vision
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
scene; spectacle; sight; view
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
useless; vain; aimless; idle
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
question; inquiry; enquiry
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to take a breath; to take a short rest
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to call each other; to call out to one another
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
front; frontage; facade; main
opposite side; opposition
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
dry riverbed; river beach
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant