to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
feeling; sense; impression
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
number one; first; best; most; game; round
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
then; well; so; well then
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
Queen-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
how; in what way; how about
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me