be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
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
regret; repentance; remorse
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)