in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
as a child; when one was a child
already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
everything; anything; nothing
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
ingrained habit; second nature
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)