advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to attack; to assault; to assail
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
such; this sort of; like this
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
many; numerous; various; large number of
in this way; thus; such; uh...
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
while; during; while; although; all; both
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
final; eventual; ultimate
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)