metre; meter; meter; gauge
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to make an appearance; to show up
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
servant; manservant; menial
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
honorific/polite/humble prefix
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
difficult to ...; hard to ...
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
tedious; boring; being fed up with
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh