to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
a long time ago; long ago
to have a talk; to tell a story
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
small; fine; detailed; stingy
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
weight (for scales); counterweight
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
existence; possession; having; limited company
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain