to carry; to bring (to a place)
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
no sleep or rest; working day and night
guard; sentinel; garrison
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to jar; to creak; to grate
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
such; like that; in that way
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
unique; peculiar; singular
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
to invite in; to show someone in
appearance; expression; manifestation
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to have an idea; to have a clue
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)