like; similar to; as with; in the same way
chapter one; first chapter
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
two times; twice; two degrees
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
book; volume; this; present; main; head
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be helpful; to be useful
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
although I say; although one might say; although called
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability