where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
large build; large pattern
to remove; to move out of the way
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to be found; to be discovered
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
bad influence; negative influence
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to bear fruit; to take effect
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)