language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
close; intimate; on good terms
confidence; trust; faith; credit
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
rival; competitor; competition
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency