along the river; riverside
on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
bet; wager; stake; gamble
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
genuine; authentic; true; real
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
hospitalization; hospitalisation
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
one day; (on) a certain day
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
intuition; instinct; hunch