terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be able to manage somehow or another
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
should; must; -able; probably; likely
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
equality; impartiality; evenness
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)