very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
energy; military strength
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to develop into a serious incident
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
mackintosh; macintosh; raincoat
... and eastward; east of
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
rubber shoes; rubber boots; wellingtons
in the morning; during the morning
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
study; library; den; home office; reading room
matter to be checked or investigated
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
occasional; infrequent; rare
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
primary school; elementary school; grade school
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
whereabout; about where; how much
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool