thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
moon visible in the morning
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
technique; art; skill; move
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
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
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
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)
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
older sister; elder sister
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
way; method; means; resource; course
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
that; the matter in question