discovery; detection; finding
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
blazing heat; scorching sun
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
one's last moments; hour of death
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
in search of; in order to look for
older brother; elder brother
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
adds force or indicates command
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
book; volume; this; present; main; head
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much