trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to detain; to check; to restrain
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
all; entire; whole; altogether
consequence; outcome; result; blame
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; becoming worthless
pompom; pompon; pom-pom; pom-pon
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
electricity; (electric) light
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)