tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
existence; being; presence
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close