I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
look!; there!; here!; that is
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
ten; 10; ten years of age
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
invisibly; secretly; privately
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on