important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
distant look; faraway look
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to lose sight of; to miss
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
something like ...; something called ...
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to ask a question; to ask questions
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
don't you think?; indicates question
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)