quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
maid; helper; help; assistance
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
something; some kind of; for some reason
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to begin talking; to open up
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
creation; Creation (by God)
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders