sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to raise one's voice; to shout
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
that's true; of course; obviously
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to keep away; to keep at a distance
(not) a single person; (no) one
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
these guys; these fellows
to speak ill of; to disparage
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
words of praise; eulogy; compliment