frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
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.)
considerably; fairly; quite
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
doing whatever one pleases
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
letter; missive; note; mail
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
magic sword; cursed sword
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
father; dad; husband; you; he
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
very young; little; childish; immature
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
in succession; one by one
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one thin flat object; one sheet
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy