pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
image; figure; figure; form; image
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
the front; honest; upright; decent
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
surely; certainly; without doubt
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
two equal parts; exactly two parts
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...