child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
villain; baddie; the villain's part
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
number one; first; best; most; game; round
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
opinion; point of view; visual point
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
book; volume; this; present; main; head
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to say; to be pleased to say
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
drama; play; powerful drug
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate