aloneness; loneliness; solitude
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
one way or the other; either way
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
moron; idiot; stupid person
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
Koishikawa Yojōsho (est. 1722 as a hospital for the indigent)
wounded person; injured person
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
river; stream; River; the ... river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to become completely chilled
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)