indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
serious; not joking; straight
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
honorific/polite/humble prefix
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
in comparison to; rather than
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
river; stream; River; the ... river
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to have one's name entered (in a list)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
decision; determination; resolution
that's the way it is; such is life
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement