portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
man; male; masculine gender
instability; insecurity; crankiness
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
don't you think?; indicates question
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
genuine article; real thing; real deal
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
older person with more life experience
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
jokingly; in the form of a joke
good feeling; feeling good
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to brighten; to grow light