to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
Steppe Route (precursor to the Silk Road)
-less; lacking; non-existing
had better ...; had better not ...
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
reason for being; raison d'être
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
speaking of ...; as for ...
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
just because; even if; even though
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to