to be able (to); to be possible (to)
glance; glimpse; cursory view
separate case; another matter
to be contented; to be at ease
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to look after (often medically); to take care of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
irony; rhetorical question
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
but; however; even though; even if
1000 ri; (a) long distance
feelings; thoughts; meaning
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people