soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
evening sky; twilight sky
light; faint; pale; fleeting
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
training; practice; workout
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to have a talk; to tell a story
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
beginning; outset; first; onset
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
comfort; consolation; diversion
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)