slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
time; hour; period; class
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
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 leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
while; during; while; although; all; both
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)