to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
snake; serpent; large snake
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
drama; theatre; theater; play
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
Kuwabara Takeo (1904.5.10-1988.4.10)
arts and sciences; liberal arts
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
Norwegian Wood (1987 novel by Haruki Murakami)
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
colour; color; hue; tints
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland