-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
while; during; while; although; all; both
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
proclamation; promulgation
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
fast-talking; rapid talking
to compete with; to vie for
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when