to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
if things go wrong; if the worst happens
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
reaching the shore; docking a boat
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to be infected; to be contagious
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
posterity; future generations; future life
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
life; living; I; me; student
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
research; study; investigation
classic (work, esp. book); the classics