place; situation; position; location
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
long ago; once upon a time
living by oneself; living alone
river; stream; River; the ... river
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to name; to call; to christen; to term
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
going to and fro; back and forth
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
this and that; various things
one by one; one after another; successively
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation