special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to move (house); to change residence
since then; from that time; ever since
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
only recently; just of late
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
alteration; falsification; faking
memories; recollections; reminiscence
difficult to ...; hard to ...
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
letter; missive; note; mail
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in