to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
shoji (paper sliding door)
to shake; to sway; to waver
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
all present; all concerned; all of us
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
young lord; successor of one's current lord
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext