formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
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)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
how long; how far; how much
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
although I say; although one might say; although called
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to mark the end; to spell the end
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
end; close; conclusion; termination
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
ten-year-old; ten year old
house built on sand; house of cards
to polish up; to shine up
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object