tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
suffix for familiar person
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
in that way; thus; so; so?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
so; like this; in this way
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
myself; yourself; I; me; you
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...