to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
(some) more; even more; longer; further
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
instant; moment; for an instant
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
self-control; self-restraint
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to turn towards; to point
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to ask; to enquire; to query
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to pass (of time); to elapse
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to stiffen; to become stiff
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage