adverse circumstances; adversity
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
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)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
later on; eventually; afterwards
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
failure; mistake; blunder
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when