relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
complete change; about-face
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
field; plain; prairie; moor
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
pure heart; naivete; innocence
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
for that very reason; that is exactly why ...; as expected; just as one thought; sure enough
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
leather strap; thong; leash
drowning; flood; shipwreck
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
point of a sword; forceful debate
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man