to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
emphatic sentence-ending particle
greeting; a fine thing to say
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
in the meanwhile; during the time
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
youthful; young; young-looking
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
sincere; earnest; serious
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
witnessing; observing; sighting