going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
society; the world; the times
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
myself; yourself; I; me; you
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky