life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to give directions; to issue instructions
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
two (long cylindrical things)
to be photographed; to be projected
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to overdo; to do too much
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
eating quickly; speed-eating
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
rubber band; elastic band
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to