near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
conviction; belief; confidence
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
in one's own way or style
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
posture; position; stance
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
record high; all-time high
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
maintenance; preservation; improvement
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
these guys; these fellows
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...