commencing with; including
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
as (for); for; in the capacity of
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
episode; anecdote; vignette
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
you could say; you might say; verging on the
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
dazzlingly beautiful; brilliant
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
innermost depths of one's heart
to settle (in a place); to settle down
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
to invite in; to show someone in
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to entertain; to make welcome
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
abstruse; occult; mysterious
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad