sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
unofficial record; rumour; rumor
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
forgetting; lapse of memory
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to be smeared; to be covered
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind