by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to gather; to collect; to assemble
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
in proportion to; just as much as
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
originally; by nature; from the start
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
school festival; campus festival
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
serious; not joking; straight
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to be worried; to be troubled
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
feng (male Chinese firebird)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)