pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
home area; home town; local
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
genuine article; real thing; real deal
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
something; what; why; how
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
sympathy; compassion; pity
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining