memories; recollections; reminiscence
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
curse; spell; malediction
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
called; known as; that; to say
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
this kind of; this sort of; this; like this; in this way
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if