ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to be faintly visible; to be barely visible
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
between the leaves; through the leaves
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
pattern of white spots; dapples
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
covering used to wrap a baby
yuzen (dyeing method or pattern); silk printed by the yuzen process
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
school building; schoolhouse
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
bunch of flowers; bouquet
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out