to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to ; to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet ; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit ; to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ; to grow (wrinkly) ; to lean against; to recline on ; to push one's opponent while holding their belt ; to decide on a price and come to a deal ; to be swayed by (a person); to yield to
to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob ; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship ; to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices ; to be not worth worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame ; to lament; to bemoan; to bewail
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); cringing; being left speechless ; zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees
to read ; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant ; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine ; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji) ; to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time) ; to count; to estimate ; to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
while; during; as ; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding ; all; both ; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears") ; while doing something else (at the same time)
to be separated; to be apart; to be distant ; to leave; to go away ; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up ; to lose connection with; to drift away from
to pour (into) ; to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to pour onto; to spray ; to shed (tears) ; to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to fix (one's eyes) on ; to flow into (e.g. of a river); to run into; to drain into ; to fall (of rain, snow); to pour down
to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win ; to understand; to comprehend ; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill) ; to be able to ..., can ...
relation; relationship; connection ; participation; involvement; concern ; influence; effect ; sexual relations; sexual relationship ; related to; connected to
to continue; to last; to go on ; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken ; to occur again and again ; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin ; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to ; to hold out; to keep; to last
that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means ; in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically ; clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage ; shrinkage ; end; conclusion ; dead end; corner ; distress; being at the end of one's rope