strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
reinforcement; strengthening
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
while; during; while; although; all; both
to repeat; to do over again
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
greater than ...; bigger ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
somewhat thick; relatively thick; thickish; on the thick side
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
to name; to call; to christen; to term
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
gut (used to make tennis rackets, violin strings, etc.); catgut
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
else; in addition; besides
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
you (plural); all of you; you all
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)