calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
comfort (in living place)
emotional scars; mental trauma
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
innermost depths of one's heart
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
(political) power; authority; influence
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to capture; to seize; to plunder
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
single-mother household; fatherless family
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
distant look; faraway look
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person