liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to subsist; to keep on living
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
paper plane; paper airplane; paper aeroplane
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
jet; spray; emission; rocket propulsion; jet propulsion
nothing but; except; no more than
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry