door; gate; opening; title page
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
the front; honest; upright; decent
function; facility; faculty; feature
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
piece of evidence; evidence
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
how; in what way; by what means
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
tool; implement; means; furniture
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest