arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
in comparison to; rather than
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
both hands; both arms; ten
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to be softened; to calm down
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
meaning; significance; sense
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)