to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
in the end; at the end of the day
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
difficult problem; challenge
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
being startled; getting a shock
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
open; public; official; overt
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
perception; sensation; awareness
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to stay (at); to stop (at)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy