endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
pleasant feeling; good vibes
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
of course; certainly; naturally
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
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near-threatened (species)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
galingale (any plant of genus Cyperus, esp. species Cyperus microiria)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to be helpful; to be useful