endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
machine parts; machinery; equipment
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
production (e.g. play); direction
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so