riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
central part; heart (of a city)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
chief; main; principal; important
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to have a talk; to tell a story
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah