water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
all; entire; whole; altogether
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to have meaning; to be meaningful
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be silent; to say nothing
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
one more time; once more; once again
to repeat; to do something over again
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life