life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
manic depression; mood swing
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt