few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
health; healthy; sound; fit
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
nothing but; none other than
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
in the following manner; as follows
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
such; like that; in that way
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
badness; evilness; bad; evil
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
young person; youth; young
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
price; cost; value; worth; value
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
(some) more; even more; longer; further
popular; common; commonplace
way of reciting; way of telling a story
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting