to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
material (data) for one's research; research material
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
still better; even better
high and low (social standing)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
motherland; fatherland; native country
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
action; operation; effect; function
gossip; corner of the mouth
to revere; to respect; to worship
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to have (something) innate; to be born with
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to differ depending on ...
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate