to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
until now; so far; up to the present
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to detain; to check; to restrain
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to cause someone to worry
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to crouch; to squat; to cower
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to recall; to remember; to recollect
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)