like this; this sort; this way
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
even though; despite; when
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to recall; to remember; to recollect
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others