murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
serious; severe; grave; acute
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
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
individual; private person; personal; private
still; even now; to this day
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to grow up; to become an adult
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
while; during; performed in this condition
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
process; course; mechanism
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
no matter how much time passes
sickroom; hospital room; ward
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
tag (children's game); tig
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
many; much; plenty; hardly
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
heir; inheritor; successor
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.