seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
waste of time; killing time
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
arm; skill; efforts; ability
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to come to one's senses; to calm down
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
reconciliation; make peace with
how long; how much; to what extent
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
pronunciation; production of sound
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to ask a question; to ask questions
beyond that point; after that
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
ancient times; distant past; antiquity