painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
I see; that's right; indeed
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
inside; interior; inner part
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)