to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to cease; to stop; to be over
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
party in full swing; party at its peak
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to flare up; to burst into flames
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
commander; general; leader
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency