irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
family vacation; family trip
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
just because; even if; even though
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
must not; should not; do not
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
have a good day; take care; see you
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
in that way; like that; that way
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
one's own child; one's own children
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to be flexible; to be accommodating
after that; afterwards; thereafter
as (for); for; in the capacity of
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
unmarried; not yet married
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to bring; to take; to bring about
(period of) a year; during an era
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million