to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to complete decisively; to do to completion
kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
human; human-like; as a person
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to drop; to let fall; to omit
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
sense of loss; feeling of loss
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to become (a state, condition, etc.)