to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to turn towards; to point
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to repeat; to do something over again
a few years ago; some years back
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to recall; to remember; to recollect
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
any more; any further; any better; any longer
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
round shape; circle; circular form
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to look around; to survey
instant; moment; for an instant
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run