stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
hot water or liquid (especially that below the surface of the earth)
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
living thing; living creature; animal; life
just because; even if; even though
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to move forward; to move on
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
angular; angular-shaped; sharp-pointed
section; cross section; profile
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
poor physical health; bad shape
emergency ascent (submarine); emergency surfacing
alone; by oneself; on one's own
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
thunderous roar; roaring sound
fifth day of the month; five days
continuation; succession; series
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office