endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
such; like that; that sort of; very
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
knot (nautical mile per hour)
wet; moist; soft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft