fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to look down on; to make light of
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
don't you think?; indicates question
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
devil; evil spirit; genie
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
about; concerning; related to; -ish
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
in proportion to; according to; depending on
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every