softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
natural virtue; personal virtue
order; command; directions; instructions
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
almost every day; almost daily
green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea
cake or snack served with tea
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
choices; alternatives; options
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement