loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to have a name entered in the family register
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to watch over; to watch attentively
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
acceleration; speeding up
old age; old person; the old; the aged
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
draw (in competition); tie game
pessimism; disappointment
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola
Europe and America; the West
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to suck on; to cling to; to chew on
major cleanup; spring cleaning
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection