to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
maid; helper; help; assistance
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
tone (of voice); manner of talking
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
by myself; in person; by oneself
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
please (give me); please (do for me)
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
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)
damp; moist (negative nuance)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
this world; this life; world of the living
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)