hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
really; truly; indeed; good grief
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
then; and (then); in that case; if so
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
government; administration; ministry
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
hating; strongly disliking
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
to change direction (of policy, etc.); (lit.) to turn the rudder (of a ship)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow