natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
way of speaking; intimation
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
forcibly; against one's will
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
tone (of voice); manner of talking
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
originally; by nature; from the start
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
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
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump