to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
determination; resolution
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
terrible (video) game; crappy game; rubbish game
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
(having) two choices; choice between two things
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
tedious; boring; being fed up with
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
only the results matter; it's all about the results
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
a great variety of; diversity
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
area; region; district; locality
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
thunderstorm; thundershower
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to hold (a ceremony); to perform