now that you say that; now that you mention it
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
surely (not); certainly (not)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to give directions; to issue instructions
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold