shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
killing two birds with one stone
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to be helpful; to be useful
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
second day of the month; two days
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
sentiment; sentimentality
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic