serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
upper half of the body; upper body
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
all; entire; whole; altogether
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to push (something) against
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
tear gland; lacrimal gland
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
female friend; woman friend
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after