readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
because; for; the reason why is ...
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
fate; destiny; predestination
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
and yet; though; when; in spite of
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to spend time (on doing something)
to care for someone; to look after someone
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
spoken language; colloquial expression
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
the future; future prospects
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
surface of the earth; ground surface
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view