clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
explosion; rupture; break off
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to pass (of time); to elapse
just a minute; small quantity
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post