painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
again; once more; a second time
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to face; to go towards; to head towards
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
silence (not speaking); muteness
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
if you think about it; come to think of it
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
height (of body); stature
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to take over; to hand over
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
literally; to the letter; literal
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like