unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
sympathy; empathy; response
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
to cover fully; to wrap around
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
imagination; supposition; guess
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
stairs; stairway; staircase
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention