to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
overseas student; exchange student
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
double suicide; lovers' suicide
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
woman; female; feminine gender
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
that's the way it is; such is life
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
adds force or indicates command
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon