light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to flare up; to burst into flames
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
instant; moment; for an instant
incident; affair; happening; event
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
by myself; in person; by oneself
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
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress