meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
lifelike; exact resemblance
to say; to be called; to do
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
pride; boast; credit (to)
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to sink (into); to get depressed
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
line; queue; procession; matrix
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow