to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to be silent; to say nothing
to bring; to take; to bring about
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
calamity; disaster; accident
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to face; to go towards; to head towards
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely