as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
difficult to ...; hard to ...
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
surroundings; environs; circumference
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to have meaning; to be meaningful
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to step forward; to take a step forward
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to feel; to sense; to experience
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
reopening; resumption; restarting
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up