upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
posing a question; question
study; research; investigation
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
impossible; unlikely; improbable
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
axiom; maxim; self-evident truth
reason; cause; circumstances
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
comparatively; relatively
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
looking on; remaining a spectator
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
possible; likely; probable
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
tedious; boring; being fed up with
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
price; cost; value; worth; value
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end