to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
long time; several hours; long spell
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
soaked; drenched; sopping; splashing; sloshing
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
reality; actuality; hard fact
scenery; scene; landscape
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
as before; as ever; as it was originally
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
platform; home; home base; home plate