many; numerous; various; large number of
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
passing through without stopping; passing by
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
scene; spectacle; sight; view
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
admiration; wonder; astonishment
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to squeeze out; to wring out
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
influence; clout; leverage
until now; so far; up to the present
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
bento; Japanese box lunch
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless