to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
soldier; combatant; warrior
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(short) rest; breather; break
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice