serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
in that way; thus; so; so?
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
when it becomes; when it comes to
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
alone; by oneself; on one's own
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
difficult to ...; hard to ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
than; from; out of; except; but; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
grasp; catch; understanding
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few