large number (of); many; majority
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
unification; union; oneness
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
regarding highly; attaching importance to
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to be found; to be discovered
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
only; merely; but; no more than
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
stirring; slight movement
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
called; known as; that; to say
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
round stone; pebble; boulder; coccolith
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
to rock; to shake; to swing
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher