to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
trembling with excitement
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
longed-for; anxiously awaited
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
foster father; adoptive father
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to be nearing death; to be dying
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
that kind; competition; match
be (that) as it may; having said that
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
carefree; free from worry
pointing out; identification
thoroughly; through and through
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination