notice; attention; observation
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
(some) more; even more; longer; further
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
portrait of a deceased person
actor; actress; player; performer
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
new building; new construction
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
home; household; family; hearth
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
courteous; decorous; polite
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous