gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to pass (of time); to elapse
to cease; to stop; to be over
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
how long; how far; how much
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
scale; scope; plan; structure
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
every year; yearly; annually
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to continue to rain or snow
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
materials; data; document
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
record of proceedings; minutes
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
person standing watch; guard duty
document; official papers
book; volume; this; present; main; head