to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
long ago; already; a long time ago
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
serious; severe; grave; acute
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to refuse; to decline; to deny
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
otherwise; or else; if not
in that way; like that; that way
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
being too late; losing one's final chance
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
square bracket; Japanese-style quotation marks
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
(written) contract; agreement
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles