to lose heart; to lose motivation
for this very reason; that is exactly why
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
after that; afterwards; thereafter
as planned; according to plan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to face; to go towards; to head towards
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
time; season; period; phase; stage
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
custom; practice; convention; precedent
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance