good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
departure; leaving; setting off
image; figure; figure; form; image
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
rest; break; recess; intermission
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
while; during; while; although; all; both
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
like this; in this way; as you see
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
because of; owing to; due to
finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out