stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
as a child; when one was a child
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
society; the world; the times
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wedding ring; wedding band
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size