reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
senior high school; high school
craft; crafting; handcrafted article; kraft paper
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
what kind of business; what sort of matter
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
occupation; calling; livelihood
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
dreamer; daydreamer; visionary
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
difficult to ...; hard to ...
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
measure of length corresponding to 6 shaku (approx. 1.82 meters)
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
abandoned child; foundling