to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
nothing but; except; no more than
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
accurate; correct; precise; exact
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
conviction; belief; confidence
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
penalty; sentence; punishment
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
piece of evidence; evidence
item; commodity; list of articles
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)