preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
not yet known; unknown; strange
addition; annexation; appendage
acceleration; speeding up
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound