this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
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
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing