whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
serious; severe; grave; acute
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
every other day; every second day
individual; private person; personal; private
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
number of times; frequency; count
to run down (stairs, etc.)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class