happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that is to say; so that means
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
everybody; every last one of them; all
everything; anything; nothing
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
free (of charge); gratuitous
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to smash; to break into pieces
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
genuine article; real thing; real deal
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear