expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
young noblewoman; princess
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
incident; affair; happening; event
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
order; command; directions; instructions
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
like this; in this way; as you see
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
for today; for the time being