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
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
place; situation; position; location
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
sphere; counter for balls
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
batter's box; one's turn at bat
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)