of course; certainly; naturally
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
war; fighting; fierce competition
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
Japanese person; Japanese people
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
door; gate; opening; title page
to force open; to push open
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage