gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
letter; missive; note; mail
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
until now; so far; up to the present
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
memory; sense; experience
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to ponder; to contemplate
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)