ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
witnessing; observing; sighting
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
year in, year out; always; 24-7
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
passage; path; route; one's way
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
adventure story; novel of adventure
(arch.) to deceive; (arch.) to fool; (arch.) to lie; to commit adultery
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate