clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
union; joining; conjugation
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
older sister; elder sister
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
tool; implement; means; furniture
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
silence (not speaking); muteness
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
(sound of one's) heartbeat
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)