please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
how; in what way; by what means
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
in the end; at the end of the day
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
that is to say; so that means
very young; little; childish; immature
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces