circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
welcome!; nice to see you!
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude