relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
pale; pallid; bluish-white
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
otherwise; or else; if not
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
to cease; to stop; to be over
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
pressure; oppression; suppression
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
to join together; to combine; to join up
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
nape (of the neck); nucha