serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
safely; without incident; without mishap; in peace; peacefully; quietly
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
to become empty; to be emptied
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
drop (e.g. of water); drip
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken