to continue; to keep up; to keep on
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to repeat; to do something over again
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
meaning; significance; sense
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
originally; by nature; from the start
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
suffix for familiar person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
older brother; elder brother
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
top of the head; crown of the head
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank