if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
when; how soon; how long until
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
curl; curly hair; ringlet
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
such; like that; in that way
composite; combined; complex
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
older employee who does not have much actual work
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
very great; enormous; serious
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking