trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
yearned for; longed for; missed
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
it is not (like that) either
family; members of a family
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)