painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
impossible to do (although wants to)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
speaking voice; talking voice
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
although; but; even though; I wish that
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox