to ask a question; to ask questions
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
in that manner; like that
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
since one was born; (in) all one's life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
that day; the very same day
in the morning; during the morning
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to fall flat; to fall face down
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)