necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
such; like that; that sort of
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
conscientious; scrupulous
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
archer; bowman; shooter; gunner
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
trailing dust; dust left by someone running ahead
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
several years; a few years
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to push aside; to brush aside
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled