time; season; period; phase; stage
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
if you do this; if this is the case
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to apologize; to apologise
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to be dead; to be lifeless
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
forcibly; against one's will
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to ask; to enquire; to query
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of