until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
movie set; filming location
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
Japan's best; number one in Japan
pride; dignity; self-worth
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
honorific/polite/humble prefix
control; check; restraint; inhibition
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless