to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to fall on one's backside
either way; in any case; one way or another
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
horizon (related to bodies of water)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
human; human-like; as a person
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
towering; astonishingly high
to look upwards; to look up
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context