hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
moving tale; impressive tale
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
perfect; complete; flawless
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
decision; determination; resolution
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
polite; courteous; hospitable
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
weather forecast; weather report
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty