extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to forget to write something; to leave something out; to omit something
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
way; method; means; resource; course
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
utmost limit; extremity; result
beginning of the world; creation
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
criticism; critique; review; commentary
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
considerably; greatly; a lot
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
please; somehow or other; one way or another