as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
step; stride; counter for steps
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
all over Japan; throughout Japan
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
every person; each one; everybody
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
specialization; specialisation
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through; food offered to attendants of a funeral
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
how much; how many; to what extent
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
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indictment; prosecution; complaint