to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
embodying; expressing concretely
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
origin; beginning; source; rise
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to have a talk; to tell a story
article; news story; report; account