no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
redoing; doing over again
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such ... as; or some such
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to recall; to remember; to recollect
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
confusion; mixing; merger
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
late completion; succeeding later in life; being a late bloomer
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
walking briskly; determinedly
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
what kind of; what sort of; what
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing