attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
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
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
hot topic; talk of the town
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
after that (a substantive change occurred)
almost every day; almost daily
to make an appearance; to show up
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
alone; by oneself; on one's own
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to approach; to draw near
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.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) even once; (not) ever
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state