natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
maid; helper; help; assistance
button (clothing); push-button
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to collapse into; to flop onto
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
very young; little; childish; immature
near; nearby; not far off
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
readiness to die; (in the) face of death