somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to look around; to survey
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
study; diligence; discount; reduction
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
ten; 10; ten years of age
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to shake; to sway; to waver
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
one scene (e.g. in a movie)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
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
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to surround; to crowd around
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
resolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to mark the end; to spell the end
silence; stillness; quietness