dealing with; coping with
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
preference; priority; precedence
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to have a talk; to tell a story
calling by name; designation; nomination
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
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
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
speculation; thinking; meditation
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
cooperation; collaboration
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be erected; to be built
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)