funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
surroundings; environs; circumference
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
standing close together; bristling (with)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
how; in what way; how about
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
moisture; humidity; dampness
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
neighbourhood; neighborhood
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
too much; excessively; too
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
please; somehow or other; one way or another
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to