to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
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
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
after death; posthumously
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
image; figure; figure; form; image
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor