adaptability; capacity for adaptation
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
difficult to ...; hard to ...
base; basis; bedrock; platform
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
proposal; offer; request; application
to think too much; to be over-concerned
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to overdo; to do too much
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
homecoming; returning home
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
using one's arms as a pillow
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical