impossible; unlikely; improbable
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
underground; subterranean
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
advance; moving forward; progress
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
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
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to attack; to assault; to assail
thought; consideration; thinking
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
interception; monitoring; tapping
covering; protection; backing; relief
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
second; number two; runner-up
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of