hard to get; hard to come by
severe wound; serious wound; gash
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
abandoned child; foundling
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
grotesque; disgusting; gross
foresight; forethought; far-sighted plan; planning ahead
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
casting; cast-metal object
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
time will cure all; time heals all wounds
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
spring day; spring sunlight
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
promotion; raising of status
happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation