circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
sympathy; compassion; pity
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
mass communication; mass media
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
modern person; people of today
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to become better; to improve
war; fighting; fierce competition
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
medical science; medicine
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)