love passionately; ardent love; devotion
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
heartstrings; koto string
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
Japanese-style writing desk
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
other than; excluding; without
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
writing by oneself; one's own handwriting
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
Kokin Wakashū (Heian period collection of poetry)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow