to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
if so; in that case; in that situation
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
by myself; in person; by oneself
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
plump; fleshy; chubby; (walking) slowly; with soft-footed steps (of toddlers, small animals, etc.)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
action; operation; effect; function
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result