grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
continuation; succession; series
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
training; drill; practice; discipline
(your, his, her) daughter
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to worry about the future
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
moment; brief space of time
solitude; loneliness; isolation
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
back street; back alley; off-street
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to hide; to keep to oneself
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance