advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
metre; meter; meter; gauge
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
illumination; decorative lighting
spirit world; underworld; the next world
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
book making (binding, publishing)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)