true character; real nature
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
family; members of a family
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
rikka; formal style of ikebana
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
literally; to the letter; literal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
senior high school; high school
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal