lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet