number one; first; best; most; game; round
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
... and eastward; east of
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
middle of the night; dead of night
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)