man; male; masculine gender
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
soon; before long; in the near future
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
this world; this life; world of the living
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
abusive language; foul language
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
stirring; slight movement
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
by myself; in person; by oneself
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after