so; therefore; and; (and) then
to subsist; to keep on living
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
one by one; one each; one at a time
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
to blow out; to spout out
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to run about; to rush about
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right