exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
night attack; nocturnal assault
female high-school student
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
adviser; advisor; consultant
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
ability; performance; efficiency
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)