slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
preparation; arrangements
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to begin to walk; to set out
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
originally; by nature; from the start
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
book bound in Japanese style
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of