curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
than; from; out of; except; but; more
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
old couple; elderly couple
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to detain; to check; to restrain
to be hot on a person's heels
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
originally; by nature; from the start
to face; to go towards; to head towards
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)