almost; roughly; approximately
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to stiffen; to become stiff
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
all present; all concerned; all of us
to crouch; to squat; to cower
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)