to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
question; inquiry; enquiry
after a long time; for the first time in a while
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to shout (in anger); to yell
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
early on; earlier on; from early
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
good feeling; feeling good
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
primness; prim person; clear soup