timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
the whole year; all the year
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
action; operation; effect; function
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
on the occasion of; at the time of
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
mochi; (sticky) rice cake