devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to be forward; to be impertinent
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
good-looking; fair; beautiful
appointment; assignment; promotion
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
to be sooty; to be stained
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
expression of love; showing love
progress; being under way
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
since then; from that time; ever since
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
in proportion to; just as much as
to send back; to refer back
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
settlement; payment of account
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
most of all; extremely; supremely
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize