endurance; perseverance; patience
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
glass; glassware; diamond
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
(not) enough; (in)sufficiently; (un)satisfactorily
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
that; the matter in question
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
about when; about what time; how soon
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
internal organ; viscera; gut
to be away from home; to be out of the house
reluctance; regret; frugality
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
elder daughter; older daughter
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
blackmail; extortion; persistent demand
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
how long; how much; to what extent
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
in that manner; like that
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium