humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
article; news story; report; account
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
addition; appendix; note; supplement
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
if you think about it; come to think of it
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
living person; the living
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
in the end; at the end of the day
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
... years old; age (of) ...
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
temporary; transitory; short-lived
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to boil strongly; to be excited
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
composition (of music); setting; writing music
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
sign; indication; omen; symptom
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe