bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to be badly made; to fail
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
imagination; supposition; guess
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to be silent; to say nothing
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
instead; but (on the other hand)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter