sweet voice; seductive voice
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to make an appearance; to show up
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
discovery; detection; finding
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
beginning; outset; first; onset
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to approach; to draw near
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living