sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
separation; farewell; parting
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
financial power; financial means; wealth
(political) power; authority; influence
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
discovery; detection; finding
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
(not) even once; (not) ever
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
regret; repentance; remorse
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
when it becomes; when it comes to
to say; to be pleased to say
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
instant; moment; for an instant
to rock; to shake; to swing