asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
armed forces; military; troops
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
Japanese food; Japanese meal
yearned for; longed for; missed
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
how; in what way; by what means
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
hard to reach place; remote place
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(period of) a year; during an era
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
property; fortune; assets
source of revenue; financial supporter
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
equality; impartiality; evenness
to distribute; to hand out
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common