hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
because of; owing to; due to
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
in that way; thus; so; so?
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
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
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
very young; little; childish; immature
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!