a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it
such ... as; or some such
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
if you do this; if this is the case
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
I see; that's right; indeed
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)