story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
peril; danger; hazard; distress
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
will not do; do not; does not
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
when; how soon; how long until
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
mending; repair; darning; patching up
while; during; while; although; all; both
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
older brother; elder brother
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...