to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be discouraged; to shrink from
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
not caring; not giving a damn
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
anything and everything; just about everything
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
no, not like that (but like this)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)