knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
participation; joining; entry
with these words; while saying
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
hello; good day; good afternoon
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing