falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to slide down (snow, etc.)
(physical) growth; development
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
greeting; a fine thing to say
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
present (brought by a visitor); gift
Japanese-style confectionary store
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
just one person; only one
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
deep affection; dear; beloved
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
pleasantly chewy (esp. noodles); having a good bite; firm and elastic; having body (esp. hair); springy and resilient; full-bodied (e.g. sound)
colour; color; hue; tints
correction; rectification; mending; repair
in public; in company; in the presence of others
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
shopping; purchased goods
to go past; to pass; to pass by
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
observation; survey; watching