to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
beginning; outset; first; onset
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
author; writer; novelist; artist
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
novel; story; (work of) fiction
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er