place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Island; insula; island; islet
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
how long; how much; to what extent
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
stairs; stairway; staircase
while; during; while; although; all; both
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
one of these days; someday; one day
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play