still; even now; to this day
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
why; how; for what reason
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to have meaning; to be meaningful
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to head home; to leave for home
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
to change (one's clothes)
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...