affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to lose sight of; to miss
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy