black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
3rd day of the month; three days
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
now that; since; so long as; because
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
how; in what way; how about
one more time; once more; once again
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
nothing but; except; no more than
incompetent; have no merit
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm