if you think about it; come to think of it
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
question; inquiry; enquiry
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
interference; intervention; meddling
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
after that; afterwards; thereafter
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment