to ask a question; to ask questions
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
in that manner; like that
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
since one was born; (in) all one's life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
that day; the very same day
in the morning; during the morning
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to fall flat; to fall face down
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)