departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
while; during; while; although; all; both
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
living by oneself; living alone
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
living room (Western style); sitting room
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage