to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
occasional; infrequent; rare
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
the way back; the way home; return trip
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
silence (not speaking); muteness
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
everyday life; daily life
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)