all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
steady progress; rapid advance
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
study; research; investigation
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
great talents mature late
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
while; during; while; although; all; both
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
notice; notification; report; posting
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
league; federation; union; alliance
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
that's the way it is; such is life
such; like that; that sort of; very
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
birth; creation; formation
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)