unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
murder; homicide; manslaughter
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
such; like that; in that way
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to say; to tell; to state; to do
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
don't you think?; indicates question
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
(present) head of a family
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
reason; cause; history; origin
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!