handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
biological child; one's own child
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to need; to call for; to require
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to comfort; to console; to amuse
in proportion to; just as much as
hating; strongly disliking
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
progress; advance; improvement; development
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to add (to); to add on; to append
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
after a long time; for the first time in a while
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
deep inside; innermost place
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to do for (the sake of someone else)