effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
rest; break; recess; intermission
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
too much; excessively; too
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
manner of using one's hands
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to be surprised; to be astonished