light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
since one was born; (in) all one's life
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
every year; yearly; annually
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
how should I know?; don't ask me
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
your (visual) observation
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)