to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to be silent; to say nothing
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
than; from; out of; except; but; more
by means of; due to; because of; according to
enjoyment of spring; interest in spring
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
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
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
tedious; boring; being fed up with
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to take over; to hand over
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
desperation; struggle to the death
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest