conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
book; volume; this; present; main; head
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
impossible; unlikely; improbable
reality; actuality; hard fact
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to have a talk; to tell a story
your husband; her husband
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)