nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
in succession; one by one
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
residing; living; dwelling
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
hit (film, song, book, etc.); bestseller; blockbuster
foreign; abroad; overseas
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life