king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
several years; a few years
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to pretend; to act (as if)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...