expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
living thing; living creature; animal; life
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem