gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
proposed solution; idea for a solution
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to explain; to dispel doubts
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
several times (as large, over)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
but; however; provided that
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
joint; seam; joining point
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
in this manner; in this way; like this
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
union; joining; conjugation
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
breakthrough; great discovery
special; particular; peculiar; unique
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
charging (electrically); electrification
high efficiency; high performance
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
to manipulate puppets; to pull wires
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually