great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
ill will; malice; evil intent
instant; moment; for an instant
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
program (e.g. TV); programme
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
great and splendid land; excellent location; splendid place
sounding each other out; probing each other
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
delicious; tasty; good; nice