please (give me); please (do for me)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to leave this world; to die
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony
to gather; to collect; to assemble
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
iron maiden (torture device)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
discovery; detection; finding
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
unsettled; pending; unresolved
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to pass (of time); to elapse
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
the other day; a few days ago
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
danger; peril; hazard; risk
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
I see; that's right; indeed
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she