friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
assertion; declaration; affirmation
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be born; to come into the world
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to repeat; to do something over again
finish; finishing; finishing touches
goodness; excellence; virtue
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
first cry of a newborn baby
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)