strength; power; proficiency; ability
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
empty lot; vacant plot of land
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
it is I who should say so
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sound (of a sentence); euphony
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
deep emotion; impression; inspiration