regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
these days; nowadays; recently
completion; perfection; accomplishment
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
library; book collection; paperback book
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
still; even now; to this day
stealthily; secretly; in secret