worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
while; even though; despite
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
one revolution; one rotation
considerably; fairly; quite
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
good; wonderful; splendid; understood; got it; OK
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
even though; despite; notwithstanding
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
observation; survey; watching
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
several minutes; a few minutes
ago; since; before; previous
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
desperately; for one's dear life
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
semi-transparent; translucent
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling