fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
the reverse; other side; lining
to make an appearance; to show up
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
it's no joke; gimme a break!
difficult to ...; hard to ...
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
divorce; dissolution of adoption
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
sense of values; values; value system
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.