to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to slap; to strike; to spank
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
national border; provincial border
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
conifer forest; coniferous forest; needle-leaved forest
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
headquarters; head office; main office
eastern part; the east (of a region)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)