smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
the same kind; accomplice; partner
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
company; corporation; workplace
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
baseball player; ballplayer
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
derailment; digression; deviation
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)