love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
hating; strongly disliking
bedside; near one's pillow
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to stop (plug) one's ears
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to get strong; to gain strength
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to bury; to embed; to implant
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go