to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
even though; despite; when
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that