somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
how many months?; how long?
contract; compact; agreement
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
fruit knife; paring knife
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
makuragaeshi; monster that flips pillows over at night; changing a pillow position (esp. for a dead body); acrobatic routine involving multiple wooden pillows
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
ahead; before; the future
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to subsist; to keep on living
reality; actuality; hard fact
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
really; truly; indeed; good grief