confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
personal; individual; private
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
actual profit; practical use; benefit
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to stay (at); to stop (at)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
having missing teeth; toothlessness
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
this world; this life; world of the living
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to hide; to keep to oneself