place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
rest; break; recess; intermission
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
consequence; outcome; result; blame
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
exploitation; overuse; abuse
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
body; body blow (in boxing)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
in that way; thus; so; so?
rather; better; instead; if anything
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
being startled; getting a shock
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)