eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
synchronization; synchronisation
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
consequence; outcome; result; blame
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
near; close; beside; third person
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)