strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
willpower; energy; vitality
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
something; some kind of; for some reason
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to get narrower; to contract
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)