sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
two times; twice; two degrees
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
decision; determination; resolution
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
sublime; noble; high-minded
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
waiting room; duty room; standby room
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
company; corporation; workplace
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
training; drill; practice; discipline
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead