sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
posterity; future generations; future life
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
being filled with; being full of; permeation
writing; composition; essay; sentence
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
admiration; being impressed (by)
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
above-mentioned; given above; previously shown
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
way of using (something); usage; use; directions (for use)
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)