grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
in the meanwhile; during the time
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to press a question; to cross-examine
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair; habit of moving around in one's sleep; tossing and turning in sleep; sleeping habit (esp. of a child or toddler)
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive