more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
very young; little; childish; immature
surroundings; environs; circumference
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
secret; private; surreptitious
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
thereupon; shortly thereafter
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)