link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
preparation; arrangements
unusual space; other dimension
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
noisy; confused; uproarious
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to become dim; to become blurred
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
confusion; distraction; derangement