early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
so; to such an extent; such
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
female prisoner; female convict
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
as (for); for; in the capacity of
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
sense of loss; feeling of loss
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to speak; to say; to vocalize
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
discipline; punishment; reprimand
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
protest; refutation; pleading
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to recall; to remember; to recollect
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
because of; owing to; due to
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business