depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight; (relative) importance; gravity
how; in what way; how about
periodic; cyclic; cyclical
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
clear; precise; definite; distinct
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
considerably; greatly; a lot