scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
one's post; place of work; workplace
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
that is to say; so that means
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to be infected; to be contagious
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
even more; still more; further
increase in speed; acceleration
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of