drama; play; Chinese opera
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
indeed; really; truly; very much
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
natural disaster; cataclysm
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
place; room; margin; scope
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
at a moment's notice; readily
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
going into battle; departure for the front
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all