story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
beginning; outset; first; onset
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
to lift down; to carry down in one's arms
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
upper half of the body; upper body
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo