to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
literally; to the letter; literal
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
sentimental; sentimentality
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
confusion; mixing; merger
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to await; to wait for; to expect
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
what time; (lit.) which hour
morning; forenoon; just before noon
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
such; like that; that sort of
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient