to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
government body; government agency
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
ring; band; ring; circum-
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
while; during; while; although; all; both
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
the other day; a few days ago
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
cooperation; collaboration
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to say no more; to sink into silence
to stop walking; to pause