important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
yearned for; longed for; missed
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
millions; several million; a few million
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
other; another; over; more than; I; me
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
drifting; drift; being adrift
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)