the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
vocal sound; tone of voice
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
conviction; belief; confidence
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
serious look (on one's face); straight face
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
because of; owing to; due to
rather; better; instead; if anything
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing