recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
anything and everything; just about everything
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
reality; actuality; hard fact
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
hard to reach place; remote place
thunderstorm; thundershower
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
to approach; to draw near
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible