regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
werewolf; Werewolf (social deduction game); Mafia
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
senior high school; high school
professor; teaching; instruction
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
a long time ago; in those days
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
depravity; corruption; degradation
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
society; public; community; social studies