-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
all; entire; whole; altogether
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to move forward; to move on
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
understood; I see; OK; present; here
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
educational institution; school; academy; campus
difference; variation; difference
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
head; lead; vanguard; first
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
everything; anything; nothing