beginning; outset; first; onset
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
senior; elder; person older than oneself
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
one's possessions; ownership
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
general; popular; common; typical