very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
dwelling; house; residence; address
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
financial power; financial means; wealth
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at kids, such as manga)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
young master; young gentleman
arrest; apprehension; capture
originally; by nature; from the start
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
trial; judgement; judgment
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)