year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
please (give me); please (do for me)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
elder sister; effeminate man
man; male; masculine gender
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
loveable; very likeable; like very much
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
failure; mistake; blunder
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base