to stiffen; to become stiff
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be helpful; to be useful
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
start of a romance; beginning of love
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
face; looks; vestiges; trace
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
due form; official; formality
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
love affair; love relationship