life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to shed light; to cast light
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
daily meals; three regular meals a day
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
ready-made; common-law (wife)
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to rebuild; to reconstruct
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine