difficult to ...; hard to ...
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
discovery; detection; finding
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
in this way; thus; such; uh...
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(some) more; even more; longer; further
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate