wonderful;  marvelous;  strange;  strangely enough;  oddly enough;  for some reason
 to be aware of;  to know;  to notice;  to feel;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to remember
 to receive;  to take;  to get somebody to do something;  to have in one's pocket (a fight, match);  to contract (a disease);  to catch
 important;  significant;  precious;  valuable;  careful
 to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case);  to be ... or something
 story;  tale;  narrative;  account;  fable;  legend
 beach;  seashore;  seaside;  coast
 to come along;  to come around;  to turn up;  to arrive at the present;  to get where one is;  to have been doing something (for a period of time)
 there (place relatively near listener);  there (place just mentioned);  that place;  then (of some incident just spoken of);  that (of point just raised); (arch.)  you
 bakery;  baker;  pastry shop
 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.)
 honorific/polite/humble prefix
 married couple;  husband and wife;  man and wife;  his and hers;  pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
 to save;  to rescue;  to help;  to assist;  to support (financially);  to contribute (to)
 single;  solo;  solitary;  just one;  only one
 to make (the best) use of;  to put to good use;  to let live;  to keep alive;  to revive;  to resuscitate
 express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company);  door-to-door parcel delivery;  courier service
 to start;  to begin;  to start up (a business, society, etc.);  to open (e.g. a store);  to start ...;  to begin to ...
 and;  and then;  thus;  and now;  and finally
 something;  something or other;  so-and-so;  somehow;  anyhow;  one way or another
 returning home;  visiting one's parents;  new bride's first visit to parents
 Kiki's Delivery Service (1989 animated film)
 to turn back (e.g. half-way);  to return;  to go back;  to recover (e.g. something lost);  to be returned;  to rebound
 gradually (progress into a state);  in sequence;  in order;  in turn
 dear (old);  fondly-remembered;  beloved;  missed;  nostalgic
 to subsist;  to keep on living
 as one wishes;  the way one wants;  to one's satisfaction
 eye;  eyeball;  eyesight;  sight;  look;  stare;  notice
 (way of) life;  living;  livelihood;  life circumstances
 to begin;  to start;  to happen (again);  to begin (anew);  to date (from);  to originate (in)
 warm;  mild;  considerate;  kind;  warm (of a colour);  mellow
 to watch over;  to watch attentively
 while;  during;  while;  although;  all;  both
 favourable;  favorable;  doing well;  OK;  all right
 to advance;  to go forward;  to precede;  to go ahead (of);  to make progress;  to improve;  to deepen
 to go;  to move (in a direction or towards a specific location);  to proceed;  to take place;  to pass through;  to come and go;  to walk
 hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
 meaningful;  suggestive;  telling;  significant;  pregnant (pause etc.)
 letter;  missive;  note;  mail
 grandfather;  male senior-citizen