skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to talk; to chat; to chatter
form; shape; figure; visage
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
from the beginning; from scratch
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
beginning; outset; first; onset
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
because of; owing to; due to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to turn towards; to point
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
all for the best; what is right