life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to manage something successfully; to be successful
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to collect; to assemble; to gather
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after