habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
at first; in the beginning; originally
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
adherent; devotee; believer
maintaining the status quo
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
(physical) growth; development
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
January; first month of the lunar calendar
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
growth period; growing season
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be worried; to be troubled
incident; affair; happening; event