thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to pass (of time); to elapse
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
7th day of the month; seven days
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
unknown; obscure; insignificant
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
hard to reach place; remote place
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
mass of rock; rock lump; block
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
you could say that; that might be so
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
float; pontoon; float (beverage with ice cream floating in it); float
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like