just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
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by means of; due to; because of; according to
testimony; (verbal) evidence
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
in accordance with plans; just as planned
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
either way; in any case; one way or another
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
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
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
breath; breathing; tone; mood