to falter;  to flinch (from);  to recoil (from);  to quail (at)
 how;  in what way;  how about
 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.)
 look of amazement;  looking dumbfounded
 to turn one's head;  to look over one's shoulder;  to turn around;  to think back (on);  to reminisce;  to look back (on)
 to call out (to);  to call;  to summon (a doctor, etc.);  to invite;  to designate;  to name;  to garner (support, etc.)
 this;  last (couple of years, etc.);  these;  you (as in "you liar")
 large country;  major nation;  great power;  province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
 follower;  attendant;  valet;  servant
 childhood friend;  friend from infancy;  old playmate
 one person;  being alone;  being by oneself;  being single;  being unmarried;  by oneself
 only;  just;  merely;  as much as;  to the extent of;  enough to
 to take (someone) with one;  to bring along;  to go with;  to be accompanied by
 to come (spatially or temporally);  to approach;  to come back;  to do ... and come back;  to come to be;  to become
 calm;  composed;  cool;  quiet
 to boast;  to brag;  to recite (a song or poem to oneself);  to bark;  to roar
 with trouble;  at great pains;  rare;  valuable;  kind;  generous
 to slip out;  to sneak away;  to break into the lead;  to get ahead;  to begin to fall out (e.g. hair);  to break out (of a loop)
 although;  despite;  whereas;  while;  if only;  I wish
 to return;  to come home;  to leave;  to get home;  to get to home plate
 useless;  no future in it;  doesn't make sense;  having no point
 seems;  I think;  I guess;  don't you agree?;  I thought you'd say that!
 place;  spot;  address;  district;  area;  one's house;  point
 human being;  human;  person;  character (of a person)
 something like ...;  things like ...;  someone like ...;  the likes of ...
 to be (animate);  to be;  to be ..ing;  to (have the audacity to) do
 continent;  continental Asia (esp. mainland China);  continental Europe
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 force;  strength;  capability;  ability;  efficacy;  effect;  effort
 by means of;  due to;  because of;  according to
 different (quality, nature);  heterogeneous
 to consider as;  to regard (as equivalent);  to deem (as);  to equate
 female;  woman;  female sex;  female lover;  girlfriend;  mistress
 pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
 to shut;  to close;  to block (a street, entrance, etc.);  to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.);  to shut off;  to consume (with negative feelings)
 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water);  fluid (esp. in an animal tissue);  liquid;  flood;  floodwaters;  water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
 silence;  being silent;  quiet;  reticence;  inaction
 five;  five years of age;  eight o'clock (old time system)