place; situation; position; location
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
myself; yourself; I; me; you
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
commuting to school; school commute
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
it is not (like that) either
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to feel; to sense; to experience
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone