look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
solitude; loneliness; isolation
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
woman; female; feminine gender
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
busy; having no (free) time
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
beginning; outset; first; onset
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other