plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to be compatible (with); to be in harmony; to coexist
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
I see; that's right; indeed
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
look; glance; glimpse; one stone
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
nothing but; except; no more than
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still