to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
father; dad; husband; you; he
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
it seems so; that's what it looks like
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to try all possible means
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
article; news story; report; account
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
counter for books; volume
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
at work; in the midst of work; working
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased