great debt of gratitude; great obligation
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
dark clouds; black clouds
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
water's edge; beach; shore
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
yesterday evening; last night
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)