play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
sensual love; love affair
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
company president; manager; director
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
dream for the future; hopes for the future
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
rule; reign; government; governing
orphan; person without friends
substitution; alternative; substitute
side effect; adverse reaction
posterity; future generations; future life
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
menarche; first menstruation
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
boredom; ennui; tedium; discontent; unease
determination; resolution