to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
ceremony; celebration; law code
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
impossible; unlikely; improbable
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
working adult; full-fledged member of society
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)