to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
main cause; primary factor
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
only; merely; but; no more than
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
deed; act; work; performance
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
if so; in that case; in that situation
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
generation; the world; the age
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
expression; presentation; representation; notation
overhasty; rash; premature
explanation; interpretation
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
hard to get; hard to come by
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
returning from school; going home from school
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh