sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
having great hopes for (someone's future); expecting much of; pinning one's hopes on
young person; youth; young
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
cardinal (Catholic Church)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
downward compatible; backward compatible; upward compatible; forward compatible; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
research; study; investigation
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
hieroglyphics; pictograph; character representing a picture of an object
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
bed and food; eating and sleeping
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery