meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
impossible; unlikely; improbable
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
in name only; titular; nominal
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
as (for); for; in the capacity of
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
in accordance with plans; just as planned
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
if so; in that case; in that situation
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)