to come to one's senses; to calm down
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening; signs (of); indications; stirrings
to get strong; to gain strength
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to repeat; to do over again
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
image; figure; figure; form; image
to make an appearance; to show up
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to start to move; to get going; to come alive