deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
of course; certainly; naturally
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
not caring; not giving a damn
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
bento; Japanese box lunch
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of