beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
electricity; (electric) light
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
flash (of light); glint; schiller
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
even more; still more; further
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
blink of an eye; instant; moment
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to surge; to well up; to gush out
inside; interior; inner part
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
micro-; micro; minibus; microfilm
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
1,000,000; one million; million; many
opinion; point of view; visual point
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
individual; private person; personal; private
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting