to grab hold of; to catch
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
lender; creditor; landlord
influencing (a person) for good
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to hide; to conceal oneself
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
repayment; redemption; amortization; amortisation
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
front; frontage; facade; main
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!