to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
don't worry about it; forget about it
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
tossing and turning while asleep
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
dual personality; split personality
difficult to ...; hard to ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
feeling; sense; impression
one more time; once more; once again
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
master; teacher; stable master
Yokoyama Yasushi (1944.3.18-1996.1.21)
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
in comparison to; rather than
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...