so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
drama; play; powerful drug
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
final; eventual; ultimate
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
failure; mistake; blunder
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
it is not (like that) either
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment