road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
new book; new publication
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...