personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
sanity; consciousness; soberness
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
since one was born; (in) all one's life
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
back off!; leave me alone!
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
whispering; murmuring; subdued
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
beyond this point; from now on; after this
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else