year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
such; this sort of; like this
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
I see; that's right; indeed
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
mountain road; mountain trail
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
instant; moment; for an instant
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
what kind of; what sort of; what
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
as stated; verbatim; literally
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)