My words

見方

みかた

viewpoint, point of view, way of understanding, way of appreciating, how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

褒め言葉

ほめことば

words of praise, eulogy, compliment

思い遣り

Omoiyari

thoughtfulness

いけ

いっけ

prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective

物事

ものごと

things, everything

苦労

くろう

troubles, hardships

体力

たいりょく

stamina, endurance, physical strength, resilience, resistance to disease, strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

回復

かいふく

restoration, rehabilitation, recovery, return, replevin, improvement, recovery (from an illness), recuperation, convalescence

既に

すでに すんでに

already, too late

使用

しよう

use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation

状態

じょうたい

current status, condition, situation, circumstances, state

手に入れる

てにいれる

to obtain, to procure

訳ではない

わけではない

it does not mean that ..., I dont mean that ..., it is not the case that...

と違って

To chigatte

unlike

急に

きゅうに

swiftly, rapidly, suddenly, abruptly, immediately

出来るだけ

できるだけ

as much as one can, as much as possible, if at all possible

憧れる

あこがれる

to long for, to yearn after, to admire, to be attracted by

別に

べつに

(not) particularly, nothing, separately, apart

暫く

しばらく しゅゆ すゆ

little while, short while, moment, instant, a while, quite a time, its been a long time

冗談

じょうだん ぎだん げだん

jest, joke, funny story

当たり前

あたりまえ

natural, reasonable, obvious, usual, common, ordinary, commonplace, the norm

そうでもない

Sō demonai

Not really

そうなんだ

Sōna nda

is that so

お陰で

おかげで

thanks to ..., owing to ..., because of ...

厳しい

きびしい いかめしい

severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless, stern, austere, grave, solemn, majestic, intense (cold), harsh

どんなふうに

Donna fū ni

how

絶対ない

Zettai nai

Never

癖

くせ へき

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice), tendency, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, crease, wrinkle, curl, kink

縛る

しばる

to tie, to bind

執着

しゅうちゃく しゅうじゃく

attachment, adhesion, tenacity, fixation, obsession