hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to fall ill; to be taken ill
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
next generation; future generation
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
split; division; break up
endless; boundless; everlasting
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
that's the way it is; such is life
unbroken; endless; continuous
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
large intestine; large bowel; colon
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to be born; to come into the world
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
beforehand; in advance; previously
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies