I appreciate your efforts
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
together; at the same time; same; identical
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to shake; to sway; to waver
God; god; ace; king; superior person
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
this world; this life; world of the living
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
tens of thousands of years
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to grow up; to become an adult
grandfather; male senior-citizen
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
to perceive; to understand
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited