plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to remember; to keep in mind
Nagano (city, prefecture)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
sour look; surly face; pout
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
my husband; one's family; family member
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing