story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
Japanese person; Japanese people
by means of; due to; because of; according to
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
one large ...; a great ...
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to be needed; to be wanted
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
match; game; bout; contest
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
(not) even once; (not) ever
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
heir; inheritor; successor
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
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
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky