beginning; outset; first; onset
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
fate; destiny; predestination
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
rider (of a motorcycle, horse, etc.); biker
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher