pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
literature; books (reference); document
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
silence; stillness; quietness
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to raise one's voice; to shout
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
on the way home from school
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
day after day; day by day
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
widower; divorced man not remarried; (long-term) bachelor
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious