it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
that; the matter in question
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
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
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
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)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?