your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
there is nothing; having nothing
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
passing through without stopping; passing by
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
about this time; about now
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
that's true; of course; obviously
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
supply; supplying; replenishment
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
meaning; significance; sense
beginning; outset; first; onset
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony