to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
charcoal; charred remains
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to be silent; to say nothing
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already