trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
meaning; significance; sense
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
man; male; masculine gender
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also