to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
function; facility; faculty; feature
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
but; however; provided that
aptitude; aptness; suitability
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
that is to say; so that means
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
form; shape; figure; visage
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
with these words; while saying
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly