painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
retainer; retinue; servant
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
now; the present time; just now; another; more
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
fields (of rice and other crops)
both; both sides; both parties
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to live; to make a living; to get on with
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed