dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
repentance; confession; penitence
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
(in) his way; peculiar to him
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to manage something successfully; to be successful
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
justification; rationalization
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
comfort; consolation; diversion
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
day by day; every day; by the day