sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
counter for books; volume
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
leather cover; leather binding
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
address book; list of addresses; mailing list
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
matter of time; question of time
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
omen; sign; notice; indication
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
scenery; scene; landscape
the whole life; entire life
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
inside; interior; inner part
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with