appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
ago; since; before; previous
use; utilization; utilisation; application
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
door; gate; opening; title page
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
behind; in the rear; in back
covering; protection; backing; relief
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
discovery; detection; finding
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to push aside; to brush aside
to rush over; to run up to
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
moment; brief space of time
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at