dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
only; merely; but; no more than
one day; (on) a certain day
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
basking in the sun; sunbathing
lately; recently; these days
without sparing time for sleep
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
classical form of martial art
practice; practising; training; study
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
since; henceforth; ever since
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
while; during; while; although; all; both
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to be helpful; to be useful