putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
audience; spectator; spectators
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
don't you think?; indicates question
so; like this; in this way
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
drama; theatre; theater; play
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
opinion; point of view; visual point
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
while; even though; despite
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
that is to say; so that means
from the viewpoint of; according to
Japanese person; Japanese people
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel