head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
decorative lights; illumination
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
in deep black; in jet black
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
gem; jewel; precious stone
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
scene; spectacle; sight; view
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to shed light; to cast light
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to make an appearance; to show up
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which