hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
height (of body); stature
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
asking would be rude; tasteless question
family; members of a family
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to turn towards; to point
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
motherland; fatherland; native country
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to recall; to remember; to recollect
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
way of solving (a problem); solution
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)