(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
killing time; staving off boredom
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
nod; inclination of the head
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
ultimate; final; last; eventual
trying one's luck; test of one's luck