yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
national defence; national defense
isolation; being alone; being friendless
bated breath; being cowed into silence
suddenly; all of a sudden
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
annotation; explanatory note; comment
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
stirring; slight movement
slowly (but steadily); little by little; with a sizzle; burning; oozing out (e.g. of sweat)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
time bell; chime of a time bell
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
body and soul; mind and body
manner of using one's hands
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with