your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to harm; to injure; to invade; to raid; to oppose; to rise against
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
choked voice; broken voice; emotional voice
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
prudence; discretion; thought
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
do this, do that; dos and don'ts
directions; instructions; orders; command
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")