almost every day; almost daily
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
ghost; monster; demon; phantom; apparition
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few