natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
alone; by oneself; on one's own
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to put one's hand on; to touch
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
chorus; singing in a chorus
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched