awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to move (house); to change residence
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
carriage porch; entranceway; porte cochere
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
while; during; while; although; all; both
honorific/polite/humble prefix
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
tears of grief; crying with sadness
such ... as; or some such
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
rich country; national enrichment
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
construction; architecture (of buildings)
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to stop walking; to pause
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end