not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
name; given name; first name
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to understand; to make out
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
ha-ha; with a hearty laugh; panting; with heavy, rapid breathing (from exertion, fear, etc.)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker