Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
history of; experience of
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to some extent; to a certain extent
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
innumerable; countless; numberless
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
in its entirety; whole; wholly
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
and then; in addition to that; also; even so