to begin to walk; to set out
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
discovery; detection; finding
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
river; stream; River; the ... river
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to spend time (on doing something)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there