continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
how; in what way; I wonder
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
doorknob; door knob; door handle
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to breathe while sleeping
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
breathing of a sleeping person
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one