thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
courteous; decorous; polite
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
twice; again; second time
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
coincident with; while; simultaneously
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
document; official papers
postwar period; period after Second World War
relation; connection; relevance
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing