appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
mountain river; mountain stream
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to use up all one's strength
to investigate; to examine
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
victim; injured party; sufferer
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant