very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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 finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
last night; yesterday evening
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
dozens; scores of; decades
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
discovery; detection; finding
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention