lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to triumph; to be elated with success
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to try to do; to attempt to do
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
regret; repentance; remorse
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
suffix for familiar person
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
decision; determination; resolution
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
though one didn't intend (expect) to
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "pu"; "pa" column or row of the kana syllabary