(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
recovery; undoing; recall
even though; despite; when
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
trip; excursion; (drug) trip; tripcode
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
(primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
free time; time at leisure
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
passing mark (examination); passing grade
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
question; inquiry; enquiry
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
place; room; margin; scope
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
final; eventual; ultimate
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of