what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
execution; punishment; spanking
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
moron; idiot; stupid person
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
slowly (of undulating waves); gently (swelling, rolling, etc.)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since