forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
Ave Maria (prayer); Hail Mary
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
at first; initially; in the beginning
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
pronunciation; production of sound
influence (on someone); inspiration
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
retort; back talk; backchat
very young; little; childish; immature
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
to sprout; to put forth buds
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
surely (not); certainly (not)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle