from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to be softened; to calm down
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to calm; to soothe; to quiet; to appease
feeling of calmness and relaxation
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
one day; (on) a certain day
open field; empty lot; plain
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Watanabe Atsushi (1947.11-)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily