the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.); to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to lure someone; to entice someone
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
labor; labour; toil; hardship
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
calm; composed; cool; quiet
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
at the top of one's voice
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
night air; stillness of night; cool evening