miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
denting; buckling; giving (in); bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to make a speech; to address
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
rather; better; instead; if anything
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to straighten up; to sit upright
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
scale; scales; bathroom scale; weighing machine
eye chart; eyesight test chart
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
time around sunset; early evening
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
more than anything; above all else
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
height of; middle of; full bloom
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
school building; schoolhouse
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations