beyond this point; from now on; after this
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
trouble; bother; annoyance
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
stealthily; secretly; in secret
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
while; during; while; although; all; both
other side; opposite side; other party
trauma (usu. psychological)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
special effects; SFX; tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly