single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
hostility; animosity; enmity
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
infancy; childhood; tender age
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
particularly; only; in the case of
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.