and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
again; once more; a second time
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous