obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
from the viewpoint of; according to
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
trouble; bother; annoyance
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
effect; result; worth; use; avail
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
name; given name; first name
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
condensed milk; Soviet Union
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.); birthplace
such; like that; that sort of; very
way; method; means; resource; course
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
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 exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
one's whole life; one's lifetime
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to die; (lit.) to become earth
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
family; relatives; dependents; household
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about