near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
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
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
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
surroundings; environs; circumference
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
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
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
in this way; thus; such; uh...