to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
liquid; beverage; food with high water content (esp. sorbet or fruit served as a dessert in a kaiseki dinner); gamble; uncertain affair
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to take measures (against); to take steps
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
(doing something) in tears
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
to sob; to be choked with tears
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
posterity; future generations; future life
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
advanced; pioneering; cutting-edge
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
every single word and phrase; word by word
letting (someone) die without helping
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
rising; ascending; climbing
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
department and section managers