dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
young person; youth; young
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
breakthrough; great discovery
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
slowly; leisurely; gently; suddenly; abruptly
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
research study; investigative research
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
son and heir; son who will succeed one
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
one part; one portion; one section
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
distinctive; characteristic
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to frolic about; to mess around
forgetting; lapse of memory
(not) so much; (not) that much
several sheets (flat objects)