as a child; when one was a child
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
materials; data; document
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
spirit world; underworld; the next world
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
embodiment; realization; materialization
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
release; emission; ejection
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response
consequence; outcome; result; blame
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to become possible; to become able to (do)