necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to fall flat; to fall face down
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
than; from; out of; except; but; more
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
temperament; equal (or even) temperament
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
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
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
switching over to; migration; transition
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
advance; moving forward; progress
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
this world; this life; world of the living
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
nothing but; none other than
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
if it is the case that ...