light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
woman; female; feminine gender
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
considerably; greatly; a lot
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to be able (to); to be possible (to)