book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
about this time; about now
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
I see; that's right; indeed
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares