painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
basis for decision; evidence for judging
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
both eloquent and skilled
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
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 use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
final; eventual; ultimate
index finger; forefinger; second toe
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations