care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
one's (living) environment
blood relationship; blood relative
intelligence; intellect; brains
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
100,000; hundred thousand
abstract concept; abstraction; abstract idea
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to worry about; to be vexed
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
common gull (Larus canus); gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to fall ill; to be taken ill
lately; recently; these days
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
neckline (of dress, etc.)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
right beside; close to; nearby
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon