appeal; call for something; request; axiom
enumeration; citation; listing
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to push (something) against
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
unkindness; unfriendliness
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
don't worry; there's no need to worry
(doing something) in tears
to become dim; to become blurred
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
first cry of a newborn baby
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to crumble away; to collapse
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
birth; creation; formation
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
immediately; right away; on the spot
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
decrease; reduction; decline