to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
in that way; thus; so; so?
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to set adrift; to let loose; to cut loose
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
panel; scene-panel; painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
red leather; red-dyed leather
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)