to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
letter; missive; note; mail
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
foster father; adoptive father
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
cooperation; collaboration
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
difference; variation; difference
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
choices; alternatives; options
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
fencing; art of wielding swords
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
even more; still more; further