preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
job; work; duties; trade; skill
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
income; receipts; revenue
the right person in the right place
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to surge (water or waves)
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
what time; (lit.) which hour
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)