seeing in the dark; night vision
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
closeted maiden; carefully raised girl from a well-to-do family
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to make a speech; to address
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
briskly; quickly; promptly
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation