preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
court lady; lady-in-waiting
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to concern; to be related
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
even if not; even without
putting into operation; invocation
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
possession; retention; maintenance
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances