in comparison to; rather than
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
silence (not speaking); muteness
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
first meeting; first interview with
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress