painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to change; to shift; to come and go
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to live through; to survive
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
number one; first; best; most; game; round
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to support each other; to support one another
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement