no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
for your information; I'm telling you
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
this or that person; anybody; many people
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
day after day; day by day
to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to find out; to discover; to locate
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere