to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata)
any brown or reddish-brown frog (esp. of family Ranidae); Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica); brown frog
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
honorific/polite/humble prefix
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation