to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
how long; how much; to what extent
to attempt; to test; to try out
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to mix; to stir; to blend
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
spirit; heart; disposition
I (alphabet letter); i; I; iodine (symbol)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
treasure ship; picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
river; stream; River; the ... river
change of fortune; trying to change one's luck
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
practice; practising; experience
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
promotion (school, military, etc.)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
father; dad; husband; you; he
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance