attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
that is to say; so that means
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
training; drill; practice; discipline
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
how many years; how long; what year
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
for example; for instance; e.g.
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
derailment; digression; deviation
onset of an illness; falling ill
sign; indication; omen; symptom
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
going to and from school; school commute
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition