cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
theatre; theater; playhouse
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
while surprised; suddenly
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
snake; serpent; large snake
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to recall; to remember; to recollect
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
famous; noted; eminent; prominent; distinguished; celebrated
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
a few years ago; some years back
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign