to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
so-and-so; who?; which people?
simply; merely; only; solely
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
classifying in patterns; typification
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
witnessing; observing; sighting
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
police; police officer; police station
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)