almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
interference; intervention; meddling
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
nothing but; none other than
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
young person; youth; young
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to become settled; to be fixed
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
still; even now; to this day
at the time; in those days; then
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
absorption; suction; attraction
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)