to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
kitchen; financial situation
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)