to begin; to set about; to start
understood; I see; OK; present; here
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
in this manner; in this way; like this
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
around the world; throughout the world
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
god of death; death deity; Death
guess; speculation; supposition
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
moisture; humidity; dampness
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
one's own child; one's own children
to watch over; to watch attentively
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
right beside; close to; nearby
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
space (room, area, outer space)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)