instant; moment; for an instant
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to breathe while sleeping
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
while; during; while; although; all; both
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
very young; little; childish; immature
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
that's the way it is; such is life
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration