expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
author; writer; novelist; artist
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to be stingy; to be tightfisted; to look shabby; to appear wretched
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
widower; divorced man not remarried; (long-term) bachelor
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
such; like that; that sort of
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
there is nothing; having nothing
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
to write music for a song; to set to music
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to fall in love (with); to love
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
that's the way it is; such is life