to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
complete change; about-face
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
dozens; scores of; decades
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to pile up; to accumulate
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
same; similar; (just) like; equal
ten; 10; ten years of age
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
just one person; only one
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to be able to manage somehow or another
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
chronological order; time series
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
chair; stool; post; office; position
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period