powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
healthy; sound; wholesome
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
honorific/polite/humble prefix
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
second day of the month; two days
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
don't you think?; indicates question
to be sticky; to be close together
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
but; however; provided that
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
somewhat below; slightly below