to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to understand; to make out
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to fan; to incite; to instigate
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
30th day of the month; 30 days
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
experience; history; record; career
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
28th day of the month; 28 days
oblong; landscape orientation
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)