brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
chief; main; principal; major
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
almost; roughly; approximately
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
recovery; undoing; recall
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly