veil of darkness; curtain of night
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to fall in love (with); to love
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
just because; even if; even though
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
society; public; community; social studies
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
one of these days; someday; one day
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on; leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
the place for; the time for; the level of
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
duty; obligation; responsibility
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
second (unit of time); arc second
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)