near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
at; in; at; when; by; with
to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks); to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
innumerable; countless; numberless
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
look!; there!; here!; that is
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit mining
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
weather-beaten; bleached skull
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
outside world; physical world
suddenly; all of a sudden
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out