moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
word; term; language; speech
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to stop walking; to pause
with a slip; with a slide
aforementioned; above-mentioned
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to have a talk; to tell a story
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion