although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
marriage; marriage tie; love knot; spiritual connection (to a person, object); spiritual tie; fated connection
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
curse; spell; malediction
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow